Service difficulty report · Contactor · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 23, 2012
Submitted
September 8, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28749
Aircraft time
56,455 hours, 15,819 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Contactor
Part number
A703CD
Part serial
120
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 FAULT ON FIRST START ATTEMPT ECS FAULT MSG WAS "A-C START CIRCUIT". REPLACED APU CRANK CONTACTOR. REPLACED APU STARTER MOTOR. ERASED ALL FAULT MSGS ON ECS BOX AND FAULT MSG ON EICAS APU PAGE. APU STARTED SUCCESSFULLY ON 1ST AND 2ND TRIES AT GATE IN SFO.