Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 3, 2014
Submitted
December 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35199
Aircraft time
17,949 hours, 5,457 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC15291
Condition
Unknown
Location
Apu
Part time
6,529 hours, 10,377 cycles
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 FAILED TO START AT FL 370 WITH FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATING FOR OVER 5 MINUTES. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED APU BITE IAW FIM 49-60, TASK 803. FAULT HISTORY LOGGED 1 MAINT MESSAGE 49-31016 OVERTEMP SHUTDOWN. COMPLETED FIM TASK 49-30, TASK 803. APU STARTS & RUNS NORMAL ON GROUND. NO CURRENT OR ACTIVE FAULTS. REPLACED THE STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM TASK 49-41-21-400-801, OPS CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED APU FCU IAW AMM 49-31-11. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD, IAW 49-11-00.