Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
January 23, 2001
Submitted
February 14, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N283AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
23116
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
36177501
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Part time
33,114 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MCO - FLT 2993 - EN ROUTE FROM BOS-FLL, AT FL330, THE APU SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT. WITH THE NR 1 CSD/GENERATOR ALREADY ON MEL, FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MCO. CAPTAIN WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE APU DESCENDING THROUGH FL240. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT MCO AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX REPLACED THE APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND THE COMBUSTOR ASSY (P/N 3604524-54). APU STARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. OPERATIONAL CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. MAINTENANCE ALSO REPLACED BROKEN TERMINAL LEADS ON NR 1 GENERATOR FEEDER WIRES, BUT WERE UNABLE TO RECONNECT CSD. THE NR 1 CSD/GENERATOR REMAINED ON MEL. (M)

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