Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
December 18, 2012
Submitted
January 28, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
867
Aircraft time
48,318 hours, 19,266 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Apu
Part number
4500001B
Part serial
1059APS
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THIS IS A CREW REFUSAL FOR INOP APU. DENMM EFS TO WORK DF935 TO TRY AND CORRECT PROBLEM. FOUND CONNECTOR P28 PIN 1 CONTAMINATED WITH DEBRIS. CLEANED DEBRIS, STARTED APU FROM BATTERY AND RAN ENGINES TRANSFERRED POWER FROM ENGINES TO APU NO SHUTDOWN OCCURRENCES. ASD RPT14 STILL INDICATES "LOSS OF SPEED" WITH APU CODE WORD 'ECB'. REPLACED THE APU.

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