Service difficulty report · Controller · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 14, 2011
Submitted
September 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25368
Aircraft time
73,719 hours, 21,499 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Controller
Part number
211734220
Part serial
36
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

APU WILL NOT START. NEXT MAINTENANCE STATION, INTERROGATE APU CONTROL UNIT PER FIM AND UPDATE ITEM WITH FAULTS FOUND. INTERROGATED FADEC. LAST FAULT SHOWS ABORT START, FAULTY UNITS SPD SNR 31, SPD SNR NR 2. PREVIOUS 4 FAULTS SHOW SHUTDOWN AND NO DATA ON FAULTY UNIT. T/S PER MM AND WDM. WRANG WIRING FROM FIREWALL TO BOTH SENSORS. ALL OKAY. RMV'D BOTH SENSORS. INSP FOR DAMAGE, NONE FOUND. ACP BORO BOTH BEARINGS LOOK CLEAN. REPLACED NR 1 SPEED 107441TS8. REINSTALLED ORIGINAL NR 2 PER MM. REPLACED ECU PER MM. RAN WITH TESTER. COULD NOT GET FAULT; BOTH RPM READINGS GOOD ALL TIME.