Service difficulty report · Feeder Cable · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 10, 2012
Submitted
September 8, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25073
Aircraft time
70,233 hours, 25,822 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Feeder Cable
Part number
331200E
Part serial
62549331
Condition
Failed
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 A SECOND TIME. DID NOT ATTEMPT RESTART PROG. GENERATOR INOP AFTER APU REPLACEMENT. DOES NOT COME ONLINE. APU PNEU OK, ONLY ELECTRICALLY INOP. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, RAN APU GEN WOULD COME ONLINE APPROX 5 T0 10 SEC THEN DROP OFF SWAPPED APU GCU WITH LEFT ENG GCU SAME RESULTS RETURNED GCU'S TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS. REMOVED AND REINSTALLED GENERATOR FEEDER WIRES IAW WDM24-21-41. OPS CHECKED OK.