Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
November 20, 2000
Submitted
December 29, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N266AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
22878
Part
Control Unit
Part number
655280131
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
43,500 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SAV - FLT 2645 - EN ROUTE FROM BWI TO JAX, THE APU OVERSPEED LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE APU SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT. WITH THE NR 1 ENGINE GENERATOR ALREADY ON MEL, FLIGHT DIVERTED TO SAV. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE RESET AND RERACKED THE APU CONTROL UNIT (MODULE M280) THEN LATER REPLAED IT AS PRECAUTIONARY. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. CLEARED MEL ON NR 1 ENGINE GENERATOR BY REMOVING AND REPLACING THE NR 1 ENGINE GENERATOR, CSD AND OIL COOLER. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. (M)

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