Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 20, 2012
Submitted
December 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35192
Aircraft time
16,241 hours, 5,161 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part serial
113A1414
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
3,292 hours, 3,175 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

ON TAXI IN, STARTED APU BOTH ENGINES RUNNING BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 30 SECONDS. DURING START SEQUENCE THE WENT OUT. ALSO OCCURRED IN GATE WITH GROUND POWER CONNECTED DURING START SEQUENCE. ACFT GROUNDED. UPON START, FOUND THAT BATTERY DISCHARGE LT ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY, ALSO FOUND FAULT CODE 49-41250 ON CURRENT STATUS IN CDU, START CONVERTER UNIT SHOWS START SYS INOPERATIVE. R & R STARTER GENERATOR, REF MM 49-41-21. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD. ONCE APU WAS STARTED NO BATTERY DISCHARGE LT AND CDU SHOWED FAULT CLEARED & NO FAILURES IN CURRENT STATUS.