Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 24, 2011
Submitted
January 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26641
Aircraft time
72,601 hours, 20,910 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Battery
Part number
18550000
Part serial
438
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 DID NOT START, TRIED 3 TIMES. 2 MORE ATTEMPTS. EGT 770, RPM 20. NO LRU'S FAULTED ON APU CONTROLLER. ACFT REROUTED NON-ETOPS TO BASE FOR FIX. REPLACED APU BATTERY AND APU BATTERY CHARGER IAW MM.