Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 29, 2011
Submitted
May 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
74,140 hours, 21,436 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Starter
Part number
5198587
Part serial
205
Condition
Failed
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 WILL NOT START. STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE CHECKED FADEC. FOUND REVERSE FLO MESSAGE CLEARED. STILL NO START. APU DID NOT START 4 TIMES, APU NOT CRANKING. REPLACED APU STARTER PER AMM AND REPLACED APU CRANK CONTACTOR PER AMM. DID APU BITE TEST AND RAN APU TWICE WITH NORMAL START PER AMM.