Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
May 23, 2013
Submitted
July 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
465
Aircraft time
65,507 hours, 23,895 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Sensor
Condition
Faulty
Location
Inlet Pressure
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

LOW APU PRESSURE ON START. 8 PSI. HAD TO BOOST APU TO START. SUP: AFTER DE-BRIEF CREW, THEY HAD GOOD PRESSURE UNTIL THEY ATTEMPTED AN ENGINE START IN AUTO. THE PRESSURE SLOWLY DROPPED TO 8 PSI WHEN THEY INITIATED AN APU BOOST TO RECOVER THE LOW PRESSURE. REPLACED THE INLET PRESSURE TEMP SENSOR APS 3200. APU BLEED PRESSURE NORMAL.

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