Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 13, 2013
Submitted
October 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35091
Aircraft time
27,320 hours, 8,207 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
28B5457STYLEC
Part serial
10C0323
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
4,657 hours, 6,118 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

DURING APU START CYCLE WITH GROUND POWER CONNECTED AND POWERING ACFT, BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED DROP IN DC VOLTAGE. AUX BATTERY DROPS TO APPROX 22 VDC AND THEN RECOVERS APPROX 10 SECONDS AFTER THE APU START CYCLE IS COMPLETE. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED STARTER GENERATOR IAW 49-41-21-000-801 AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE STARTER GENERATOR IAW 49-41-21-400-801. APU STARTING AND OPS TESTED IAW 49-11-00-860-801, GOOD. NO LEAK NOTED.