Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 21, 2015
Submitted
April 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43292
Aircraft time
5,752 hours, 1,903 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC19474
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
1,411 hours, 2,859 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 340 TWO TIMES AND FL 300 ONE TIME WITH FAULT LIGHT ON ALL THREE STARTS. THIS IS A CSS START ATTEMPT. GROUNDED - YES. ACCOMP APU BITE 49-60 TASK 801. CURRENT STATUS SHOWS NO FAULTS FOUND HOWEVER NUMEROUS FCU FAULTS RECORDED ON FAULT HISTORY & MAINT. HISTORY PAGES. REPLACED APU FCU LK & OPS NORMAL REF M/M 49-31-11. APU BITE HAS NO FAULTS FOUND. GRND VERIFICATION IS GOOD.