Air carrier APU start malfunction at fwa.

Attributes
ACN	440320
Time
Date	199906
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fwa.airport
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	440320
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Summoned back to aircraft after having boarded van en route to overnight hotel. Apparently, ground personnel had responded to aircraft after routine shutdown and postflt inspection. APU was initiated but didn't seem to start. Waited appropriate time for fuel drainage and restarted on ground uneventfully. Once I returned to aircraft, all seemed normal. Was told that someone thought they'd seen a flicker. All was normal when we returned to aircraft. We then returned to van, departed to hotel after talking briefly to ground personnel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR APU START MALFUNCTION AT FWA.

Narrative: SUMMONED BACK TO ACFT AFTER HAVING BOARDED VAN ENRTE TO OVERNIGHT HOTEL. APPARENTLY, GND PERSONNEL HAD RESPONDED TO ACFT AFTER ROUTINE SHUTDOWN AND POSTFLT INSPECTION. APU WAS INITIATED BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO START. WAITED APPROPRIATE TIME FOR FUEL DRAINAGE AND RESTARTED ON GND UNEVENTFULLY. ONCE I RETURNED TO ACFT, ALL SEEMED NORMAL. WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY'D SEEN A FLICKER. ALL WAS NORMAL WHEN WE RETURNED TO ACFT. WE THEN RETURNED TO VAN, DEPARTED TO HOTEL AFTER TALKING BRIEFLY TO GND PERSONNEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.