Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 15, 2015
Submitted
June 19, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N532AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36346
Aircraft time
19,671 hours, 5,920 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
J13480331
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
1,155 hours, 2,387 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

ON TAXI IN, APU WOULD NOT START AND "FAULT" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED APU BITE PROCEDURE IAW 49-60, TASK 801. FOUND MAINTENANCE MESSAGE 49-41011, "NO FLAME SHUTDOWN". ACCOMPLISHED FAULT, ISOLATION TASK 49-40, 802. FAULT 49-41011 WAS DISPLAY AGAIN IN MAINTENANCE MESSAGE. ACCOMPLISHED TEST APU IAW FIM TASK 49-40, TASK 802, STEP 1-G6, ITEM F. REPLACED IGNITER LEAD REF AMM 49-41-52-400-801/ 000-801 AND IGNITER PLUG REF AMM 49-41-51-000-801/ 400-801. OPS CHECK- NO HELP. WHILE T/S FOUND APU LUBE MODULE OIL FILTER INDICATOR POPPED. REPLACED LUBE FILTER ELEMENT REF AMM 49-91-12-000-802/ 400-802 AND FOUND BUTTON ON THE OIL FILTER WON'T RESET. REPLACED IGNITION UNIT IAW AMM 49-41-31-400-801, OPS CHECKS GOOD, APU STARTS AND OPERATES NORMALLY. REPLACED OIL FILTER INDICATOR. REF AMM 49-91-13-400-802. OPS CHECKS GOOD.