Service difficulty report · Flow Divider · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 23, 2013
Submitted
January 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35199
Aircraft time
10,686 hours, 3,313 cycles
Part
Flow Divider
Part number
38838302
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

CSS PASSED WITH FAULT LIGHT ON FIRST ATTEMPTED FL 390. SECOND ATTEMPT STARTED BETWEEN FL 380 AND FL 350 APU STARTED FINE. ACFT GROUNDED. IAW POWERPLANT ENG REQUEST ACCOMPLISHED TASK 49-60, TASK 899 WITH FOLLOWING RESULTS FAULT HISTORY PAGE SHOWS 49-31016 JAN 23 GMT 0303 STARTS OLD 4, ENGINEERING DATA PARAMETERS 1.(117) 2.(4452) 3.(-29) 4.(-1162) 5.(6764) 6.(23144) 7.(4564) 8.(22258). MX HISTORY PAGE SHOWS 49-52270 JAN 23 GMT 0352 STARTS OLD 2 AND 3, ENGINEERING DATA PARAMETERS SAME FOR STARTS OLD 2 AND 3 1.(16408) 2.(4251) 3.(0) 4.(0). 49-52270 JAN 23 GMT 0302 STARTS OLD 4 AND 5, ENGINEERING DATA SAME FOR STARTS OLD 4 AND 5 1.(16952) 2.(-5272) 3.(0) 4.(0). 49-41253 JAN 21 GMT 0051 STARTS OLD 14, ENGINEERING DATA 1.(-28670) 2.(9648) 3.(56) 4.(0). CURRENT STATUS APU NO FAULTS FOUND. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 49-54, TASK 804 FOR CODE 49-52270, IAW INITIAL EVAL E.1.B DOES NOT SHOW AS CURRENT, FAULT IS INTERMITTENT. FAULTS 49-31016 AND 49-41253 HAVE M1710 START CONVERTER AND M1850 START POWER UNITS COMMON. POWERPLANT ENGINEERING AND REVIEWED THE DOWNLOADED DATA AND DETERMINED THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER SOLENIOD FAILED TO OPEN THE SECONDARY FUEL MANIFOLD. REPLACED FUEL FLOW DIVIDER IAW AMM 49-31-15 R2. FUEL FLOW DIVIDER LEAK AND OPS CK GOOD IAW REF 49-31-15MM.