Service difficulty report · Charger · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
May 29, 2012
Submitted
July 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24627
Aircraft time
70,815 hours, 26,602 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Charger
Part number
425402
Part serial
365
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu Battery
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 WON'T START, THREE ATTEMPTS. GET FAULT LIGHT EACH TIME. ACCOMPLISHED APU BITE CHECK FOUND NO ACTIVE FAULTS. STARTED APU NORMAL, OBSERVED APU BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPPED TO 16V, SHUTDOWN APU AND OBSERVERED APU BATTERY CHARGER. AMPS LESS THAN 38.5 AMPS. REPLACED APU BATTERY CHARGER PER MM, OPS CHECKED NORMAL