Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 24, 2014
Submitted
June 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
30,783 hours, 9,065 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
086971101478
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
4,422 hours, 8,085 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
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

APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING START AFTER LANDING. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED BITE CHECK ON APU, FOUND FAULT CODED 49-41011. FOUND NO IGNITION AT EXCITOR UNIT. R & R APU EXCITOR REF MM 49-41-31. OPS CHECKS NORMAL. GROUND VERIFICATION CHECKS NORMAL.