Service difficulty report · Module · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
24,281 hours, 7,288 cycles
Part
Module
Part number
38762871
Part serial
GE2536
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
5,913 hours, 8,410 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER LANDING ATTEMPTED APU START. NO START & FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IAW QRH, SHUTOFF APU, WAITED FIVE MINUTES. AFTER FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT AND TRIED ANOTHER START, ANOTHER FAULT LIGHT. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMP APU BITE, BITE SHOWS SEVERAL FAULTS. CLEARED ALL FAULTS. RAN APU FOR 5 MIN. AFTER SHUTDOWN ACCOMP APU BITE PROCEDURE CURRENT STATUS NOW SHOWS FAULT CODE MSG 49-72101. REMOVED ECU & DMM CHECKED WIRING FROM ECU & DMM ALL WIRES CHECK WITH IN LIMITS IAW FIM 49-70, TASK 805. REINSTALLED ECU. REPLACED DMM WITH SERVICEABLE ONE. ACCOMPLISHED DMM INST TEST. TEST PASS. GROUND VERIFICATION PASSES RAN APU THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. NO CURRENT FAULTS REF M/M 49-72-11-400-801.