Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 28, 2010
Submitted
December 1, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35681
Aircraft time
12,614 hours, 3,830 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
28B5457STYLEC
Part serial
13A1253
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
4,373 hours, 3,366 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE PRESSURIZING WATER SYSTEM FOR OPERATION APU SHUT ITSELF DOWN. STARTED APU AND AFTER 30 SECONDS THE APU SHUT ITSELF DOWN WITH A FAULT LIGHT PERFORMED BITE CHECK AND FOUND FAULT CODE 49 94299 PERFORMED FIM 49 90 00 810 809. REMOVED AND REPLACED OIL FILTERS ON APU FOUND THAT THE STARTER/GENERATOR SCAVANGE FILTER WAS VERY CONTAMINATED WITH SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL AND VERY BLACK IN COLOR ALSO THE FILTER FOR THE LUBE UNIT WAS ALSO VERY BLACK AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHAT SEEMED TO BE CARBON WAS BUILT UP IN THE FILTER BOWLS. WITH THE ADVICE OF TECH SERVICES AND SEAMC REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STARTER/GENERATOR REF MM 49 41 21. REPLACED THE APU OIL REF MM 12 13 31 OPS & LEAK CHECK GOOD. THEN REMOVED & REPLACED THE OIL FILTERS ONCE AGAIN REF MM 49 91 12 ALL OPS & LEAK CHECK GOOD.