Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 24, 2012
Submitted
January 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26944
Aircraft time
67,532 hours, 11,855 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Actuator
Part number
R53653
Part serial
57
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 FAILED TO START 3 ATTEMPTS APU DOOR STAT MESSAGE. REPLACED APU CONTROLLER, NO HELP. LEFT NEW CONTROLLER INSTALLED. FOUND 28 VOLTS AT INLET DOOR CONNECTOR, PINS 5, 6. SUSPECT ACTUATOR AT FAULT. MANUAL OPEN APU INLET DOOR FOR TROUBLESHOOTING ATTEMPTED START, UNSUCCESSFUL RE-COLLARED DOOR CIRCUIT BREAK DOOR IN OPEN POSITION. REPLACED INLET DOOR ACTUATOR.