What was found
APU 2ND STAGE TURBINE BLADES HAVE SEVERE BLADE TIP DAMAGE. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- December 7, 2011
- Submitted
- January 3, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N449UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 851
- Aircraft time
- 45,752 hours, 17,965 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Turbine Blades
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.