Service difficulty report · Lubrication Unit · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 8, 2010
Submitted
September 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26951
Aircraft time
59,535 hours, 8,619 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Lubrication Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

APU APUC DETECTED FAULT THAT WOULD CAUSE AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF APU IN UNATTENDED MODE OPS, OR COMPLETE LOSS OF APUC BUSS ACTIVITY (BOTH LT AND RT 629) FOR 3 SECONDS AFTER THE APU MASTER CONTROL SWITCH HAS BEEN IN THE ON POSITION FOR TEN SECONDS. STATUS MSG-4910270 INACTIVE TA MODE. MAG PLUGS WERE CHECKED PER MM AND NO SILVER METAL FOUND. SEVERAL SMALL NON SILVER PARTICLES FOUND ON TURB BEARING PLUG AND TWO SMALL NON SILVER PARTICLES ON MAIN PLUG, NOTHING FOUND ON MID BEARING. GEN PLUG NOT CHECKED. WHEN TRIED STARTING APU AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING OIL PRESSURE STAYED AT 1 AND OIL QTY DID NOT DROP, SUSPECT LUBE CLUSTER. REPLACED APUC AND LUBE CLUSTER. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL.