Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 23, 2014
Submitted
August 27, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N571CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605580
Aircraft time
6,176 hours, 4,540 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON A POSITION FLIGHT CLIMBING OUT OF 18000, APU WAS SHUTDOWN. HOWEVER, AS THE RPM REACHED 20 % ON THE SHUTDOWN PROCESS, APU STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED RESTART INFLIGHT. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE START SEQUENCE, APU WAS SHUTDOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME. AGAIN THE APU STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED RESTART. RETURNED & ACFT CURRENTLY IN MX. REPLACED SUSPECTED APU PC BOARD & START SWITCH. AFTER THESE TWO ITEMS WERE REPLACED THE APU OPERATED GOOD ON THE GND & CREW FLEW ACFT ON OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS & ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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