What was found
DURING T-S FOR MAINTENANCE MESSAGE 49-07950 APU SPEED DROOP, FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF METAL ON GEARBOX CHIP DETECTORS. REMOVED APU. NEED TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF APU. COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF APU.
- Difficulty date
- October 18, 2010
- Submitted
- October 20, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N219UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 30551
- Aircraft time
- 40,653 hours, 5,015 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38005501
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.