Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 2, 2012
Submitted
July 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
15,856 hours, 5,072 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Part
Fcu
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC11593
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Part time
5,118 hours, 5,144 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

STARTED APU AFTER LANDING AND ESTABLISHED APU GENERATOR ON LINE. AFTER ARRIVING AT GATE THE APU BLEED VALVE WOULD NOT OPEN. GROUND POWER WAS HOOKED UP AND PUT ON ACFT. SWITCHED BACK TO APU GENERATOR AND IT WOULD NOT STAY ON LINE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FIM TASK 49-31-00-810-809 FOR MX MESSAGE 49-31171. INITIAL EVAL CDU DISPLAY DOES NOT SHOW MAINT MESSAGE ON THE CURRENT STATUS PAGE, DETERMINES INTERMITTENT FAULT. PERFORMED TASK 49-11-00, APU OPS TEST AND NO FAULTS FOUND, APU OPERATES NORMALLY. REPLACED APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT, REF MM 49-31-11-400-801. OPS CHECK & LEAK CHECK GOOD.