Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 8, 2012
Submitted
February 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28750
Aircraft time
50,707 hours, 14,297 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Thermocouple
Condition
Faulty
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.

What was found

APU ALTITUDE NO START - COLD SOAKED. APU SHUTDOWN AFTER REACHING 95 PERCENT SPEED AFTER 10 SECONDS. APU RAN STABILIZED AT 100 PERCENT FOR 1 MIN THEN APU FAULT AND APU GEN EICAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED. ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFUL APU ALT COLD SOAK START. REPLACED NR 2 THERMOCOUPLES PER MM. APUC FAULTED NR 2 TC RAKE SNAPSHOT READS EGT 278 RPM 78 PERCENT.