Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767306

Difficulty date
April 15, 2020
Submitted
April 17, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1427A
Make and model
Boeing 767306
Aircraft serial
28098
Aircraft time
81,081 hours, 17,528 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
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

APU WILL NOT START, 3 ATTEMPTS.(<P>TRANSFER TO MDDR 127112 PER MEL 49-11-01A CAT C DUE 25APR20. PLACARD INSTALLED. SD @21:42Z</P><P>17APR: LP 1150290, ITEM M5: PERF APU BITE IAW FIM 49-11 FT 987. FOUND MINI FLAG 34 & LRU FAULT. A/C START CIRCUIT PERF FIM 49-11 FT 991. EXAMINE CONNECTOR 408B FROM ECU TO STARTER M893 FOUND M893 POSITIVE CONNECTOR BUILT UP EXCESSIVELY DIRT. CLEANED CONNECTOR. CLEARED ECU, PERF MULTIPLE APU STARTS, SUCCESSFUL. THIS CLEARS DMI 127112. PLACARD REMOVED. DI: YK@ 16:26Z</P>)