What was found
APU HAS TEMP START ISSUES. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED APU IAW T/C 78349010, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- September 2, 2012
- Submitted
- September 26, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N506AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35690
- Aircraft time
- 16,431 hours, 5,259 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007021
- Part serial
- P7873
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 4,679 hours, 7,999 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.