Service difficulty report · Packing · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
March 22, 2003
Submitted
May 9, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27811
Part
Packing
Part number
5835239003
Condition
Leaking
Location
Gearbox
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

EN ROUTE PHL-PHX, WITH THE LFT GENERATOR ON MEL AND APU OPERATING, THE CREW NOTED A DECREASE IN THE APU OIL FROM 'FULL' TO .'50' TO 'REFILL'. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE APU PERFORMED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO DEN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IN DEN REPLACED THE APU OIL LINE. MAINTENANCE IN PHX (FL 9242) RAN THE APU AND COULD NOT FIND AN OIL LEAK. ON THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT (FL 162, 3/23/03), 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 REPLACD THE APU. UPON TESTING THE APU UNDER PRESSURIZED CONDITIONS, OIL LEAKED FROM THE SPLIT LINE BETWEEN THE LOAD COMPRESSOR AND TH

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