Service difficulty report · Flex Duct · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 19, 2010
Submitted
December 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26926
Aircraft time
56,262 hours, 8,191 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Flex Duct
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU SHUTDOWN AT GATE (2ND TIME). APU INOP, OK TO DEFER IAW MEL. NOTIFIED OPB & DD. APU STARTED NORMALLY. ALL APU PARAMETERS STABILIZED OK WITH HIGH LOADS IMPOSED FOR 20 MIN. NO APU SHUTDOWN OCCURED. FLEXIBLE DUCT FOUND BROKEN. REPLACED DUCT AND APU START NORMAL