Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 30, 2011
Submitted
July 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35178
Aircraft time
17,982 hours, 5,440 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Generator Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING ENGINE START WITH APU RUNNING AND ON APU GENERATOR POWER THE APU GENERATOR KICKED OFF BOTH SIDES BUT CONTINUED TO RUN. AFTER ENGINE NR 1 WAS STARTED APU GENERATORS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PUT BACK ON BOTH SIDES HOWEVER EEC ON ENGINE NR 1 WAS IN ALTN MODE. NO APU FAULT LIGHT OR OVERSPEED LIGHT. OPS CHECK APU GEN CTRL GOOD REF FIM 24 21 00 T801. FUNCTION CHECK APU AIR & ELEC GOOD. GND VERIFICATION CHECK OF APU GOOD. NR 1 EEC LOGGED DEU 2 DATA MISSING FAULT MSG 73 31441 WITH NO CURRENT MAINT MESSAGE ON FMCS CDU. INTERMITTENT FAULT SUSPECTED CAUSE BY APU LOSS OF PWR DURING ENG START. REF FIM 73 24 T815. NR 1 ENG RUN GOOD. NO EEC HISTORY 60 DAYS. GND VERIFICATION CHECK OF NR 1 EEC GOOD.