Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 19, 2014
Submitted
August 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35682
Aircraft time
26,786 hours, 8,021 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
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 FIRST ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL WITH FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RAN QRH CHECKLIST. AFTER 5 MINUTES WAIT, FAULT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND SECOND ATTEMPT TO START WAS SUCCESSFUL AT FL 32000. BOTH ATTEMPTS AT 32000. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED APU CURRENT STATUS AND TEST SHOWS NO FAULTS. APU FAULT HISTORY SHOWS MAINT MESSAGE 49-41010, NO ACCELERATION SHUTDOWN. FAULT WAS 5 STARTS OLD. THE ONLY OTHER OCCURRENCE WAS 547 STARTS AGO ON MAY 2ND. PERFORMED FIM 49-40 TASK 801, FAULT WAS INTERMITTENT PER 26(D). FAULT CODE 49-72104 AS STATED IN THE TROUBLESHOOTING TEXT IS NOT RELATED TO THIS DISCREPANCY, FAULT IS NUMEROUS IN MAINT HISTORY PAGE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF FAULT MAINT MSG 49-52284 SURGE VALVE POSITION DISAGREE, ALSO NOT RELATED IAW TECH SERVICES. NEITHER FAULT OCCURRED AT THE TIME OF DISCREPANCY. PERFORMED APU GVI PRECAUTIONARY WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. PERFORMED APU STARTING OPERATION SEVERAL TIMES REF AMM 49-11-00. ALL STARTS NORMAL AND NO FAULTS LOGGED.