Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 10, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41734
Aircraft time
9,770 hours, 3,156 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
MS280341
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu Inlet
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

AFTER NORMAL ENGINE START USING THE APU. APU WAS SHUTDOWN, OPS NORMAL. DURING TAXI OUT FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINS APU FAULT EXTINGUISHED. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED APU BITE REF FIM 49-60, TASK 801. FOUND FAULT 49-61223 CURRENT STATUS- WOULD NOT CLEAR ON SUBSEQUENT STARTS. T/S IAW FIM 49-60, TASK 812. REPLACED INLET TEMP SENSOR REF AMM 49-61-31. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. APU OPS AND BITE CK GOOD.