Service difficulty report · Warning Message · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 27, 2013
Submitted
December 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35107
Aircraft time
22,326 hours, 6,944 cycles
Part
Warning Message
Condition
False Activation
Stage of operation
DE
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

DESCENDING THROUGH 20000 FT, OVERHEAT DETECTION LIGHT MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY APU DETECTION INOPERATIVE LIGHT. FOLLOWED CHECK LIST. DID NOT START APU. FAULT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. ACFT GROUNDED. TESTED APU FIRE DETECTION SYS IAW AMM 26-15-00/501. NO FAULTS FOUND. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT. RAN APU 3 STARTS/STOPS WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. NO MAINTENANCE HISTORY WITHIN THE PAST 30 DAYS. TSR ISSUED. ACCOMPLISHED APU DETECTOR RESISTANCE CHECK AND INSPECTION AS REQUESTED IN TSR. NO DEFECTS FOUND.