Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 7, 2015
Submitted
August 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N534AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35202
Aircraft time
18,341 hours, 5,364 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
024147000
Part serial
0905200155644
Condition
Failed
Location
Master
Part time
4,675 hours, 1,533 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND THE FOLLOWING FAULTS ON APU MAINTENANCE FAULT HISTORY: 49-11019, 49-41012. AND 49-41-1. APU WILL START FINE WITH EXTERNAL POWER BUT WILL SHUTDOWN ALONG WITH AC LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER AS SOON AS THE APU BUSSES ARE TURNED ON, EITHER. TRYING TO START THE APU ON BATTERY POWER ALONE, THE K8 RELAY ON THE SPCU RAPIDLY CLICKS. THE APU NEVER SPOOLS UP, "ELEC" FAULT COMES ON FOR THE STATIC INVERTER, THEN THE APU STOPS THE START CYCLE. WAITING FOR SPCU TO BE DELIVERED. REPLACED SPCU, REF MM 24-34-11. NO HELP, REINSTALLED ORIGINAL UNIT. REPLACED BOTH MAIN BATTERIES, REF MM 24-31-11. "ELEC" FAULT CLEARED. ALL OPS NORMAL IAW SAME. APU OPS TEST NORMAL, REF MM 49-11-00.