What was found
APU N793 HAD AN ENGINE GENERATOR INOPERATIVE AND WAS FLYING WITH THE APU PROVIDING SECOND SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER PER THE MEL. WHEN ITS APU SHUTDOWN IN-FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO MAKE A DIVERSION TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT.
- Difficulty date
- February 24, 2006
- Submitted
- March 1, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N793
- Make and model
- Luscom 8E
- Aircraft serial
- 2697
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007021
- Part serial
- P5002
- Condition
- Failed
- Part time
- 13,179 hours, 20,650 cycles
- 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.