Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 10, 2012
Submitted
September 8, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N210UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30216
Aircraft time
44,848 hours, 9,762 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Apu
Part number
331500B
Part serial
P1083331
Condition
Smoke
Location
Tailpipe
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AT GATE, SMOKE FROM TAILPIPE IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHUTDOWN. INSPECTED APU, FOUND DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS SHROUD BELOW COMPRESSOR SCREEN. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT FOR DAMAGE, FOUND NONE, TAILPIPE WAS CLEAN, APU ACCESS DOORS CLOSE AND LATCH NORMALLY, DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO APU INTERNALS AND FIBERGLASS COMPRESSOR SCREEN SHROUD AREA. APU IS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED APU PER TOD. OPS & LEAK CHK NORMAL.