Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
May 7, 2000
Submitted
July 12, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23704
Part
Apu
Condition
Overspeed
Location
Tail
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CHA - FLT 657 - EN ROUTE FROM CLT TO DFW, AT FL350, THE APU OVERSPEED LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. APU WAS POWERING THE NR 1 GENERATOR BUS DUE TO A MEL ON THE NR 1 ENGINE CSD FOR LEAKING. JUST PRIOR TO OVERSPPED, CREW OBSERVED APU GENERATOR FREQUENCIES AT 420 CYCLES PER SECOND. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CHA. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX CLEARED THE MEL ON THE NR 1 ENGINE LEAKING CSD BY REPLACING THE GENERATOR (P/N 976J498-2) AND THE CSD (P/N 735511A). OPERATIONAL CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (P/N 915F212-5) AS PRECAUTIONARY AND PLACED THE APU ON MEL. (M)

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