Service difficulty report · Converter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 15, 2013
Submitted
April 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N403AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41730
Aircraft time
1,635 hours, 543 cycles
Part
Converter
Part number
1152466250
Part serial
115246603761
Condition
Faulted
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
1,720 hours, 572 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING APU START ATTEMPT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 360. (SUBSIQUENT ATTEMPT AT FL 300 APU STARTED NORMALLY WITH NO FAULT LIGHT) ON ARRIVAL APU FAULT LIGHT NOT ON. ACCOMPLISHED APU BITE TEST, MAINT MSG 49-41010, NO ACCELERATION SHUTDOWN AT LEG 1 FOUND. STARTED APU AT THE GATE, STARTING AND OPERATION NORMAL. SHUTDOWN APU AND ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 49-40 TASK 801 NO ACCEL. SHUTDOWN. MSG 49-41010 DID NOT SHOW AGAIN. ENGINEERING DATA REVIEW SHOWS POSSIBLE LOW CURRENT TO APU SGU DURING CSS. REPLACED START CONVERTER UNIT REF MM 49-41-61. APU STARTING AND OPS TASK 49-11-00 GOOD. NO CURRENT STATUS FAULTS WHILE APU RUNNING. AFTER APU SHUTDOWN, NO CURRENT STATUS.