What was found
APU LEAKING OIL ON GROUND. FOUND CHIP DETECTOR ASSY ON LOWER GEARBOX SEPARATED FROM ADAPTER ASSY. REPLACED CHIP DETECTOR ASSY. RAN APU AND NO LEAKS NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- July 5, 2011
- Submitted
- August 2, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N796UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 26931
- Aircraft time
- 60,161 hours, 8,560 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 4990 · APU Oil System
- Part
- Chip Detector
- Condition
- Separated
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.