Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 1, 2012
Submitted
July 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
16,076 hours, 5,138 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Battery
Part number
024147000
Part serial
110193
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
28,963 hours, 11,427 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 WILL NOT START. INTEREGATED CDU FAULT CODE 49-41248. STARTER CONVERTER UNIT SHOWS SYS INOPERATIVE. DURING BATTERY START WITH NO EXTERNAL POWER APPLIED, BATTERY STARTING VOLTAGE 25 VDC THEN DROPS TO A MINIMUM OF 19VDC WITH A MAX CURRENT DRAW OF -210 AMPS. MAX STARTING EGT 840 DEG C. AS STARTER CURRENT DROPS OFF AND APU SPOOLS UP FLIGHT DECK LIGHTS FLICKER AND CURRENT SURGES BETWEEN -54 TO -10 AMPS UNTIL STARTER CUTOUT. NO FAULTS LOGGED. TOTAL START TIME FROM START SWITCH ON TO APU GEN OFF LIGHT ON 1 MINUTE 30 SECONDS. APU STARTS IN 50 SECONDS WITH EXTERNAL POWER APPLIED AND NO CURRENT SURGES OR LIGHTS FLICKERING. R & R BATTERY REF T U CS 024147-000 PNC FOR PART CHANGE INFO. OPS CK APU WIHT NEW BATTERY OPS CK NML REF MM 49-11-00.