Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 29, 2015
Submitted
May 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36363
Aircraft time
4,265 hours, 1,416 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
MS280341
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu Inlet
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

ATTEMPTED TO START APU AT FL360 FOR A CSS ON RELEASE- FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH APU AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN. WE RAN QRH PROCEDURE AND FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE. DESCENDED TO FL 300 AND STARTED APU WITH NO PROBLEMS. SECOND START WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES AFTER FIRST ATTEMPT. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 49-40 TASK 801 & 49-60 TASK 801 FOR FAULT 49-41010, NO ACCELERATION SHUTDOWN. ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY START APU, AND VERIFIED FAULT DID NOT RECUR. TSR ISSUED. ACCOMPLISHED TSR AS WRITTEN FUEL FLOW CK WAS GOOD APPROX 7 GALLONS IN 2 MIN S/O GOOD REF MM 49-31-00-700-802 ALSO SIMULATED A COLD SOAKED APU S/O VALVE WITH SPRAY FREEZE FOR THE SAME TEST, TEST STILL GOOD. R & R INLET TEMP SENSOR REF MM 49-61-31, R & R P2 SENSOR REF MM 49-52-31.