Service difficulty report · Bearing Seal · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
March 22, 2003
Submitted
April 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27811
Part
Bearing Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEN - FLT 167 - EN ROUTE PHL-PHX, WITH THE LT GENERATOR ON MEL AND APU OPERATING, THE CREW NOTED A DECREASE IN THE PAU OIL FROM FULL TO REFILL. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE APU PERFORMED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO DEN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IN DEN REPLACD THE APU OIL LINE. MAINTENANCE IN PHX (FL 9242) RAN THE APU AND COULD NOT FIND AN OIL LEAK. ON THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT 162, THE APU WAS AGAIN OPERATING DUE TO THE LEFT GENERATOR MEL, AND THE APU LOST OIL AGAIN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MCI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE MAIN LOAD COMPRESSOR BEARING SEAL LEAKING AND REPLACED TE APU. (M)

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