Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 1, 2012
Submitted
August 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
23,553 hours, 7,020 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B242
Part
Battery
Part number
024147000
Part serial
115618
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
21,763 hours, 8,270 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

APU WILL NOT START. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 49-41-21-000-801 & 49-41-21-400-801. STARTER OPS CHECKED GOOD ON GROUND POWER. AFTER SWITCHING OFF APU GENERATORS, APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. PERFORMED APU BITE PROCEDURE 49-60-00-810-801. FOUND FAULT CODE 49-11019 DC POWER LOSS SHUTDOWN POWER INTERUPT. SUSPECT SPCU BAD. REPLACED SPCU REF AMM 24-34-11-000-801 & 24-34-11-400-801. SPCU CHECKED OK BUT DC POWER LOSS SHUTDOWN REMAINS. FOUND MAIN BATTERY VOLTAGE OK BUT UNABLE TO KEEP LOAD. R & R MAIN BATTERY, OPS CHECKED OK IAW AMM 24-31-11-000-802-002 & 24-31-11-400-802-002. PERFORMED APU OPS TEST, CHECKED GOOD REF AMM 49-11-00-710-801. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED AUX BATTERY IAW AMM 24-31-11-000-802-002 AND 24-31-11-400-802-002. OPS CHECKED GOOD.