Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
April 2, 2009
Submitted
April 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N925UW
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22205
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1601262
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
27,843 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW - FLT 887 - EN ROUTE MCO TO LAS. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, WITH THE NUMBER TWO GENERATOR ON MEL, THE APU HAD AN AUTO-SHUTDOWN AND FAULT ILLUMINATION. THE EICAS MESSAGE "APU FAULT" DISPLAYED. WITH ONLY A SINGLE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL GENERATION, THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO DFW. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU OIL COOLER.