Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 20, 2013
Submitted
February 26, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35690
Aircraft time
18,034 hours, 5,691 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
YAAT006
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu
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

START NR 1 FAULT FL380. CSS START NR 2 RESULT FAULT FL 350. UNABLE TO CONDUCT START NR 3, DUE 5 MIN FAULT TIMER AND BELOW FL 290. FOUND BROKEN SHIELD TERMINAL AT BACKSHELL OF OIL TEMP SENSOR CONNECTOR P-15. REPLACED SHIELD TERMINAL ON OIL TEMP SENSOR CONNECTOR (P15). REF AMM 20-30-11. OPS CK GOOD. ACCOMPLISHED RESISTANCE AND CONTINUITY CHECKS BETWEEN OIL TEMP SENSOR AND ECU OK. REF FIM 49-90/806. FOUND NO METAL PARTICLES ON MAG DRAIN PLUG. APU MANUALLY TURNS WITHOUT ANY GRINDING. OIL PRESSURE IS STABLE AT 73 PSI, WITH LESS THAN .5 PSI FLUCTUATION. IAW ENGINEERING REQUEST, REPLACED LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT. LEAK/OPS CHECK OK. REF. MM 49-91-81, MM 49-21-00-980-801, FIM 49-90 TSK 803 PARA. F(3), MM 49-91-11, MM 49-94-22, 49-31-11.