Service difficulty report · Apu · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
April 22, 2003
Submitted
May 19, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671UW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0323
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

AT APPROXIMATELY 55N, 020 W, THE LEFT IDG FAULTED AND WOULD NOT RESET. THE CREW ALSO COULD NOT GET THE APU START. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO LGW. EN ROUTE TO LGW, THE APU WAS STARTED. FLIGHT LANDED AT LGW WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE SWAPPED THE APU AND LEFT IDG GCU'S. AN ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED AND THE LEFT GENERATOR OPERATED NORMALLY, AS DID THE APU GENERATOR. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LGW WITH THE APU RUNNING. EN ROUTE, THE LEFT IDG FAULTED AGAIN. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED IN PHL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (M)

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