Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 2, 2012
Submitted
December 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27158
Aircraft time
84,040 hours, 13,431 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Apu
Part number
380029817
Part serial
61758331
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu Bay
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. 3 START ATTEMPTS FAILED. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW FIM TASK 49-11-00, FIG 105. FOUND APU BATTERY LOW VOLTAGE START, CHARGER OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU BATTERY IAW AMM 24-31-04, ALSO CHANGED APU IGNITER PLUG AND IGNITION CABLE PER AMM 49-41-02 AND AMM 49-41-04. APU STARTED GOOD, TRIED TO DRY MOTOR NR 2 ENGINE, LOST APU BLEED AIR DURING START, WOULD NOT RESET BLEED AIR. SHUT DOWN APU, TRIED TWICE NO START, START 3RD TIME APU START OK. DUE TO APU FAULTS, APU NEEDS CHANGE. STARTED TO REMOVE APU. REMOVED APU MR49112 S/N 61758. REPLACED APU & BATTERY.