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Pilot reported APU was operated incorrectly; causing aircraft to be without external power; activating the emergency exit lights on three occasions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1669387 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | APU |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
APU team turned off APU and no ground power was available. APU team shut down aircraft at least two times. APU would not restart from over temp. Person doing the shutdown had no idea what he was doing and then acted like he could not speak english. Management was called and still no help; I was doing walk around and noticed power going off and on. Three times the emergency lights were on in the aircraft when I accessed the flight deck. APU person had no idea what the emergency lights did or use for.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported APU was operated incorrectly; causing aircraft to be without external power; activating the emergency exit lights on three occasions.
Narrative: APU team turned off APU and no ground power was available. APU team shut down aircraft at least two times. APU would not restart from over temp. Person doing the shutdown had no idea what he was doing and then acted like he could not speak English. Management was called and still no help; I was doing walk around and noticed power going off and on. Three times the emergency lights were on in the aircraft when I accessed the flight deck. APU person had no idea what the emergency lights did or use for.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.