Service difficulty report · Filter · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 29, 2012
Submitted
October 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N215UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30221
Aircraft time
44,168 hours, 9,454 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Filter
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
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

STATUS MSG APU CONTROL. PER MAT POSSIBLE CAUSE IS GEN SCAVANGE OIL FILTER. PER FIM AND AMM CHECKED APU GEN SCAVENGE CHIP DET AND REPLACED FILTER. CHIP DET WAS CLEAN. RAN APU NO LEAKS NOTED. ERASED APU CONTROL. MSG DID NOT RE-APPEAR.