Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
January 7, 2013
Submitted
January 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N172US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1472
Aircraft time
40,968 hours, 14,819 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC14662
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Part time
11,673 hours, 4,396 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, B
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM APU AFTER SHUTDOWN USING MASTER SWITCH. FLAMES WOULD NOT SUBSIDE - APU FIRE BUTTON WAS PUSHED - FLAMES EXTINGUISHED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED AIR/OIL SEPARATOR ADAPTER IAW AIRBUS MAINTENANCE MANUAL 49-26-54. PER TECHNICAL SERVICE INSTRUCTION (TSI), THE APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS ALSO REPLACED IAW AMM 49-32-11.

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