Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
May 2, 2015
Submitted
May 6, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36363
Aircraft time
4,309 hours, 1,432 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38007021
Part serial
P8550
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
5,021 hours, 8,620 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

WHILE PERFORMING AN APU START AT FL 340 FOR A CSS ON RELEASE THE APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN AFTER RUNNING THE QRH PROCEDURE THE FAULT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES LATER SECOND ATTEMPT 10 MIN LATER ALSO PRODUCED FAULT LIGHT APU STARTED NORMALLY ON 3RD ATTEMPT AT FL 300. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED THE APU ASSY REF AMM 49-11-00 AND TC 78349010. OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.