Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 11, 2011
Submitted
July 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N549UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25397
Aircraft time
74,241 hours, 21,428 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
388250017
Part serial
146
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 2 ATTEMPTS. HAS HISTORY, NO TIME. APU TESTER SHOWED IGV ACTUATOR TM RESISTANCE OHMS OUT OF TOLERANCE ON STATIC TEST. MAINTENANCE STATUS MSG SHOWED FAULT AT 35 PERCENT RPM. REPLACED IGV ACT, STARTED APU SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO PROBLEMS. TOLERANCE WITHIN LIMITS. NO LEAKS NOTED. PROBLEM RECURRED. RPL'D FUEL CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM, OPS CHECKS GOOD.