Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 11, 2011
Submitted
March 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Aircraft time
72,341 hours, 21,049 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Actuator
Part number
A648475
Part serial
1621
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

AFTER APU SURGE VALVE REPLACEMENT, APU PNEU DURING ENGINE START MARGINAL. BEFORE START 33 PSI AND DURING ENGINE START, APU PNEU MAINTAINED APPROX 24 PSI AND MAX N2 WAS 27. AT 50 DEG F. CURRENT PNEU SUPPLY WILL PROBABLY BE WEAK IN DEN AND OKAY IN SFO. SUGGEST TO RPLACE IGV TO TRY TO IMPROVE PNEU SUPPLY. A GOOD APU WILL NORMALLY BE ABLE TO MOTOR AN ENG TO 28-31 N2 WHILE MAINTAINING APU PNEU AT 29-30 PSI. REPLACED APU IGV ACTUATOR PER MM. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.