Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 12, 2012
Submitted
July 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26641
Aircraft time
77,991 hours, 22,512 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Duct
Condition
Damaged
Location
Pneumatic Sys
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

UNUSUAL AIR HISSING NOISE COMING FROM NEAR FLOOR AIR VENT AT 39ABC. FOUND APU DUCT CRACKED AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT LT STA 540. CRACK ON UPPER SECTION OF DUCT APPROX 1 INCH LONG BY APPROX 1-4 INCH WIDE. APU BLEED INOPERATIVE. WHEN GND START INITIATED, NO HISSING SOUND HEARD FROM CRACKED DUCT. REPLACED DAMAGED APU PNEUMATIC DUCT IN AFT CARGO PIT SIDEWALL. LEAK CHECKED GOOD. NO HISSING NOISE NOTED.