Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 26, 2011
Submitted
March 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35103
Aircraft time
16,648 hours, 5,234 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER PARKING AT GATE SWITCHED TO GROUND POWER. POWER SUBSQUENTLY DROPPED OFF AND AIRCRAFT WENT TO NO POWER. DURING BATTERY START OF APU EGT WENT TO 1,000 DEGREES AND HUNG UP THERE. WE SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED A SECOND TIME. SECOND START WAS SUCCESSFUL AFTER PROLONGED HIGH EGT READINGS BG SETTLED DOWN AND WAS STABLE AND USABLE. SHUT DOWN APU CHECKED FOR CURRENT FAULTS NONE NOTED APU OIL FULL. LAST FAULT WAS 49 41012 ACCOMP FIM TASK 49 40 00 810 803 STARTED APU. NO NEW MAINT MSG ON FAULT HISTORY FOR LAST CYCLE DETERMINED TO BE AN INTERMITTENT FAULT. APU STARTED NML REF MM 49 11 00 710 801. GROUND CHECK GOOD.