Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 28, 2011
Submitted
June 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
16,780 hours, 5,233 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
38762272
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT APU FAULT LIGHT & MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED QRH CONTACTED MX CONTROL & DISPATCH AGREED AFTER 5 MIN RESTART APU IF FAULT LIGHT GOES OUT. AFTER FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT RESTARTED APU, APU STARTED NORMALLY & WAS AVAILABLE. FOUND MAINT MSG 49-52017 IN HISTORY ACCOMP FIM 49-50-00-810-801. AFTER RUNNING APU THRU 2 STARTS WITH NO OTHER OCCURRENCES DETERMINED THIS TO BE AN INTERMITTENT FAULT PER FIM 49 50 00 810 801. AS A PRECAUTION VERIFIED AIR INLET DUCT AND COMPRESSOR INLET PLENUM ARE FREE FROM ANY BLOCKAGE. REPLACED DELTA PRESSURE SENSOR PER MM 49 52 33. TESTS GOOD PER SAME.