Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 9, 2012
Submitted
June 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
21,215 hours, 6,577 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
076971101862
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Part time
6,843 hours, 5,848 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
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

APU FAILED TO START. FAULT CODE 49-41011. MAINT MESSAGE NO FLAME SHUTDOWN. REPLACED THE APU IGNITION UNIT (EXCITER) IAW AMM 49-41-31-400-801. OPS NORMAL.