Service difficulty report · Intake · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 5, 2012
Submitted
March 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25323
Aircraft time
76,900 hours, 22,279 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Intake
Part number
380029817
Part serial
62545331
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
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.

What was found

TWO HUNG STARTS RIGHT ENG START APU PRESS 20. APU PNEUMATICS DEFERRED PER MEL. -INF- :ON MES MODE APU EGT IS 521 DEG REF FIM 49-11-00 PG 162 BLOCK 12. IF EGT EXCEEDS 500 REPLACE APU. REMOVED APU AND FOUND AIR INTAKE DUCT MATERIAL BLOCKING APU PLENUM. INSP FOUND APU AIR INTAKE DUCT DAMAGED AT AFT END.