Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 20, 2013
Submitted
October 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35197
Aircraft time
18,729 hours, 5,658 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
086971102431
Condition
Unknown
Location
Apu
Part time
7,750 hours, 8,103 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

APU FAILED TO START. RECEIVED A FAULT LIGHT AND MAINT MESSAGE 49-41180. ACFT GROUNDED. STARTED APU NUMEROUS TIMES SUCCESSFULLY. FAULT CODE DOES NOT REAPPEAR. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW FIM 49-40, TASK 804. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITION EXCITER OPS CHECKED GOOD. REF. AMM 49-41-31.