Service difficulty report · Electrical Sys · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 5, 2015
Submitted
April 8, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
35206
Aircraft time
7,538 hours, 2,426 cycles
Part
Electrical Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXTERNAL POWER DROPPED OFF LINE. APU STARTED AND PLACED ON BUSSES. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER APU GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE. NO APU AVAILABLE LIGHT. EXTERNAL POWER RESET AND PLACED BACK ON BUSS. APU AVAILABLE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED APU BITE IAW FIM 49-60, TASK 801. NO FAULTS, CURRENT OR RELEVANT FAULT HISTORY, FOUND. RAN APU & APPLIED GEN BUSSES & ELECTRICAL LOAD FOR 15 MINS IAW AMM 49-11-00, NO FAULTS FOUND. VOLTS & FREQUENCIES NORMAL AND APU GENERATOR REMAINS ON LINE. NO HISTORY LAST 30 DAYS. ETOPS SIGNIFICENT SYS - GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.