Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
April 12, 2012
Submitted
May 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30026
Aircraft time
45,680 hours, 11,855 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Starter
Part number
5198587
Part serial
203
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Apu
Component
Apu
Component part number
GTCP331200E
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN ON START AT 30 PERCENT. APU WILL NOT START, STARTER TURNS BUT WON' T ROTATE GEAR BOX. SUSPECT SHEARED STARTER SHAFT. REPLACED STARTER, NO HELP. FOUND STARTER GEAR BOX CHIP DETECTOR FILLED WITH LARGE METAL SHAVINGS. REPLACED APU.