Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
April 13, 2010
Submitted
April 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N666UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29238
Aircraft time
41,932 hours, 11,514 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Battery
Part number
18550000
Condition
Discharged
Location
Apu Door
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PRE DEPT FOUND APU DOOR STATUS MSG. RESET DOOR NUMEROUS TIMES. DOOR STUCK OPEN. SUSPECT ACTUATOR. DOOR SECURED CLOSED IAW MEL. REPLACED INLET DOOR ACTUATOR, NO HELP. DOOR DOESN'T OPEN, CRANKED OPEN MANUALLY & REMOVED CONNECTOR PLUG APU, STILL NO CRANK. CLOSED INLET DOOR & DISCONNECTED CONNECTOR PLUG. SUSPECT INLET DOOR SWITCH BAD. ALSO, CHK APU START SW P-N & IF ANYTHING OTHER THAN 3600-5929 RPL SWITCH. THX, SFOEPA. REPLACED APU START SWITCH IAW SFOEPA, NO HELP. REPLACED RELAY K176, NO HELP. FOUND APU BATTERY DEAD. REPLACED APU BATTERY AND APU BATTERY CHARGER. OPS ARE NORMAL.