Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 20, 2011
Submitted
February 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25393
Aircraft time
77,372 hours, 12,519 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Cooling Fan
Condition
Faulty
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 AUTO SHUTDOWN AT GATE. FOUND APU COOLING FAN-OIL COOLING AIR DISCHARGE, TO BE REVERSE FLOW. THIS SHOULD BE AN EXHAUST, INSTEAD IS ACTING AS AN INTAKE. SUSPECT FAN IS RUNNING IN REVERSE. REMOVED FAN. FOUND APU GEARBOX DRIVE GEAR WITHOUT TEETH. REMOVED APU. COMPLETED INSTALLATION FROM SUB TASK 864-043 TO END.