Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 10, 2009
Submitted
January 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35681
Aircraft time
5,932 hours, 1,778 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENROUTE APU OVERSPEED LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH MASTER CAUTION. APU CONTROL SWITCH SELECTED TO OFF. OVERSPEED LIGHT EXTINGUISHED 5 MIN AND 40 SECONDS LATER. EGT WENT FROM 200* TO 0* WHEN LIGHT WENT OUT GROUNDED YES. PERFORMED APU BITE PER AMM 49 60 00 FOUND MSG 49 31014. PERFORMED FIM TASK 49 30 00 REMOVED CANNON PLUG ON SPEED SENSORS AND CLEANED. CHECKED CHIP DETECTOR NO DEFECT. INSPECTED WIRE HARNESS NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED APU OPS TEST PER MM 49 11 00 NO HISTORY NOTED. SEAMC MIKE NOTIFIED FAA NR 2786424 IN LIH