Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 3, 2011
Submitted
January 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N794UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26953
Aircraft time
58,304 hours, 8,437 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Starter
Part number
27044425
Part serial
85
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
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 OPERATION, 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 10 SECONDS. REPLACED ELECTRIC STARTER. APU START AND OPS CHECKED OK.