Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 1, 2012
Submitted
June 21, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
21,290 hours, 6,607 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
076971101225
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
246 hours, 673 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

TWO APU START ATTEMPTS BOTH RESULTED IN FAULT LIGHT , NO START. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R, AND TESTED APU IGNITION UNIT IAW MM 49-41-31-400-801. TEST PASSED. APU BITE SHOWS NO CURRENT FAULTS THROUGH 3 START CYCLES. REPAIR CONFIRMATION SUCCESSFUL IAW FIM 49-40-00-810-805.