Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
January 17, 2011
Submitted
January 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105UA
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
26473
Aircraft time
67,698 hours, 8,080 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Battery
Part number
18550000
Part serial
2255
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AND UNABLE TO APPLY POWER TO AIRCRAFT. FOLLOWING APU BATTERY AND APU BATTERY CHARGER REPLACEMENT PROBLEM PERSISTS. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING MAIN AIRCRAFT BATTERY REPLACED AND POWER RESTORED TO AIRCRAFT. GROUND POWER AND APU POWER OPERATION NORMAL. BATTERY BORROWED PART FITTED. PART NR 4579, SERIAL NR 066068 MAIN BATTERY POSITION.