Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 10, 2014
Submitted
November 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
24,791 hours, 7,702 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
Fmc
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING APU COLD SOAK START AT FL400, APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU FAILED TO START, ACCOMPLISHED QRH. FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT IN 5 MINUTES. REATTTEMPT MADE AT FL 350 SUCCESSFUL. ACFT GROUNDED. FAULT ON APU READS, 49-31016, OVERTEMP SHUTDOWN. SUBSEQUENT STARTS FAULT DOES NOT SHOW. A SECOND CSS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO ISSUES.