What was found
FOUND SILVER METAL CHIPS ON MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTORS OIL SUMP AND MID BEARING. REPLACED APU ASSY, OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO LEAKS, NO FAULTS.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2011
- Submitted
- May 5, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N224UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 30225
- Aircraft time
- 37,792 hours, 4,626 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38005501
- 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.