Service difficulty report · Diverter · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
December 14, 2011
Submitted
January 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N127UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28813
Aircraft time
49,709 hours, 5,877 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Diverter
Part number
8009546
Part serial
59
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU VERY WEAK--DUCT PRESSURE DOWN TO 11PSI WITH ALL PACKS ON ALSO STRUGGLED ON ENG. PERFORMED GENERAL VISUAL OF APU, INSPECTED AND REPLACED P3 AIR FILTER ELEMENT AS PRECAUTIONARY PER AMM, STILL REQUIRES FAULT TRACING PER FIM 36-10 WHEN APU CAN BE OPERATED. REPLACED INLET PRESSURE SENSOR PER MM. DUE TO FIRST STEP OF FIM. DURING OPS CHECK FOUND LOAD COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER DUCT LEAKING BAD. FOUND LOAD COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER DUCT ASSY AT THE 6:00 CLOCK POSITION DIRECTLY ABOVE THE STARTER MISSING SEVERAL ATTACH BOLTS AND NUMEROUS BOLTS LOOSE & MISSING NUTS. THERE IS A SEVERE LEAK ABOVE STARTER. INSTALLED 4 NEW BOLTS AND NUTS, OPS CHECK APU, LEAK PRESENT. APU VERY WEAK--DUCT PRESSURE DOWN TO 11PSI WITH ALL PACKS ON ALSO STRUGGLED ON ENG. REPLACED APU DIVERTER CONTROL PER MM. DUCTPSI 28 WITH 2 ENG SPINNING.