Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 9, 2011
Submitted
February 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26641
Aircraft time
72,434 hours, 20,861 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Switch
Part number
S10031
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Door Control
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 NO START ON THE GROUND. APU FAILED TO START SEVERAL TIMES. BIT OF ECU SHOWS CURRENT LAST RUN, RUN ABORTED "AC START CIRCUIT". APU DOOR CONTROL SWITCH REPLACED. RAN APU FOR 2 HOURS AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE APU STARTS. APU CHECKED GOOD, NO FAULTS.