Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 11, 2009
Submitted
January 14, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
7,949 hours, 2,572 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
28B5457
Part serial
59A0096
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
7,949 hours, 2,572 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU MX LIGHT ON MX MSG 49 41244. GROUNDED YES. STARTER/GENERATOR HAS BAD DIODE. ETOPS PARTS VERIFICATION: STARTER PN/28B545 7 START CONVERTER PN/452466 250. SEAMC MIKE NOTIFIED. 08675. INSTALLED NEW APU STARTER GENERATOR PN/28B545 7 PER MM 49-41-21 400 801. OPS CHECK OF STARTER GENERATOR GOOD. INSTALLED NEW START CONVERTER UNIT PN/1152466 250 PER MM 49-41-61-00 801. OPS CHECK OF START CONVERTER UNIT GOOD.