Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
September 4, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N776AU
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24934
Part
Switch
Part number
38762594
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
1,099 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

MCO - FLT 538 - FLT DEPARTED MIA WITH THE NR 2 GENERATOR ON MEL. AT FL290, THE APU INITIATED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN DUE TO AN OVERSPEED CONDITION. SINCE AIRCRAFT WAS DOWN TO A SINGLE ELECTRICAL SOURCE, THE CAPT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO MCO. FLT LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU FUEL CONTROL (P/N 3608000-4) IN ASSOCIATION WITH MM 49-31-11. GROUND RUN CHECKED NORMAL. SUBSEQUENTLY, FLT 8052 DEPARTED MCO AND DURING CRUISE, THE APU FREQUENCIES DRIFTED UPWARDS UNTIL AUTO SHUTDOWN OF THE APU GENERATOR OCCURRED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO JAX THIS TIME AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU ELECTRONIC THREE-SPEED SWITCH PER MM. RAN APU. OPERATIO

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