SDR USAAF96005

Service difficulty report · Apu · Fokker F28MK0100

Difficulty date
January 8, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N850US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK0100
Aircraft serial
11276
Part
Apu
Part number
GTCP36150RR
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Compartment
Part time
3,957 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O, T
Precautionary procedure
A, B

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

What was found

CRW - FL 7007 - EN ROUTE TYS-PIT - CABIN ALTITUDE BEGAN CLIMBING AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. CREW DESCENDED AND DIVERTED TO CRW. BOTH PACKS WERE REPORTED AS OPERATING SATISFACTORILY. MAINTENANCE FOUND A HOLE IN THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD DUE TO AN UNCONTAINED APU FAILURE. THE APU HAD FAILED ON THE GROUND IN TYS. THE FACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNCONTAINED WAS NOT RECOGNIZED PRIOR TO FLIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST REPORTED UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF THIS MODEL APU. (M)

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