Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
May 29, 2013
Submitted
June 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
81,083 hours, 23,483 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Socket
Stage of operation
NR
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

APU BLEED INOPERATIVE. VERIFIED BLEED VALVE CLOSED. APU ELECT OK. COULD NOT GET APU VALVE TO OPEN WITH SWITCH. NO VALVE LIGHT NO EICAS MESSAGE CHANGED RELAYS K23, K24, K25, K10201 AND K10280, NO HELP. REPLACED APU BLD VALVE. NO HELP. TRIED NEW APU CONTROLLER, ALSO NO HELP. REINSTALL PREVIOUS CONTROLLER. SUSPECT BAD APU BLD SWITCH. SWAPPED OUT BLEED PANEL IN COCKPIT WITH PANEL FROM ANOTHER ACFT TO CONFIRM SWITCH IS GOOD, NO HELP. CHECKED GROUNDS FROM VALVE CONNECTOR, CHECK GOOD. UNABLE TO GET POWER TO VALVE PIN. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AT SOCKET POSITION 55 OF D40570J. APU BLEED VALVE, OPS CK OK.