Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 4, 2013
Submitted
April 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N403AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41730
Aircraft time
1,516 hours, 509 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
28B5459STYLEA
Part serial
102F0262
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
421 hours, 779 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

ENROUTE AT FL 360, SAT -60 ATTEMPTED THREE APU CSS. ALL THREE ATTEMPTS NO START. WITH A APU FAULT LIGHT ON AFTER EA START. FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF EA ATTEMPT. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND FAULT CODE 49-41012. ACCOMPLISHED TASK 49-40-803. APU STARTED ON GROUND. APU IGNITION WAS ERRATIC. REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR IAW MM 49-41-21. APU STARTS NORMAL.