Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 7, 2010
Submitted
July 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
12,495 hours, 3,725 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU FAILED ON GROUND AFTER RUNNING NORMALLY FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES. RAN APU APPROX 10 MIN. LOW OIL PRESSURE SHUTDOWN. MAINT MSG 49 91007. REF FIM TASK 49 90 00. APU WAS OVERSERVICED. DRAINED OIL TO FULL MARK. INSPECTED MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG. NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED OIL PRESS SWITCH AS PRECAUTION. REF MM 49 94 22, NO LEAKS NOTED. RAN APU 3 TIMES 15 MINS EACH OPS NORMAL.