Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 5, 2012
Submitted
October 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
22,563 hours, 6,982 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
110821
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
249 hours, 598 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

ATTEMPTED THREE COLD SOAK STARTS ON THE APU AT FL 400, ALL THREE ATTEMPTS RESULTED IN FAULT LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITION UNIT REF MM 49-41-31. PERFORMED FIM TASK 49-40 TASK 85. DISCONNECTED D10434 AND P13. CHECKED PINS 16/17 AND 2/1. NO FAULTS FOUND. REINSTALLED BOTH PLUGS D10434 AND P13. PERFORMED APU BITE TEST 49-60 TASK 801. FAULT 49-41181 STILL ACTIVE. SUGGEST REPLACING IGNITION CONTROL UNIT. PERFORMED APU GROUND START FOUR TIMES FAULT NOT ACTIVE. SYS CHECKED NORMAL. REF 49-11-00-710-801. SYS RETURNED TO NORMAL.