Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 3, 2012
Submitted
July 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35682
Aircraft time
18,548 hours, 5,656 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Sensor
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
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

APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TWO RESTARTS WERE ATTEMPTED AFTER FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS IAW ATTEMPT. AFTER EACH ATTEMPT WITH APU SWITCH OFF, FAULT LIGHT EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHES. R & R MAIN & AUXILIARY BATTERIES. ACCOMPLISHED OPC CHECK OF MAIN AUXILIARY BATTERIES. MAIN & AUX BATTERIES, OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 24-31-11-000-802-002 & 24-31-11-400-802-002. AFTER MAIN & AUX BATTERY CHANGE APU WILL NOT START, WITH FAULT LIGHT. APU FAULT 49-61223 CURRENT, AIR TEMP SENSOR SHORT CIRCUIT. PERFORMED FIM 49-60. FOUND INLET TEMP SENSOR INOPERATIVE. REMOVED /INSTALLED TEMP SENSOR REF 49-61-341-000-801/400-801. RETURNED ACFT TO NORMAL. PERFORMED APU OPS CK IAW 49-11-00-710-801. SYS CKS NORMAL.