What was found
APU PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION. UPON APU REMOVAL AND FIRE WALL INSPECTION FOUND BAD ROD END AT LEFT UPPER OUTBD POSITION. REPLACED ROD ASSY.
- Difficulty date
- September 29, 2011
- Submitted
- October 20, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N476UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1508
- Aircraft time
- 33,511 hours, 14,678 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Rod
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.