Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 29, 2015
Submitted
December 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
29,389 hours, 9,033 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC11636
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
5,647 hours, 12,192 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

DURING APU START AT FL380, THE FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND START ABORTED. TEMP REACHED 950 DEGREES. FOLLOWED QRH. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED APU FUEL CONTROL IAW AMM 49-31-11. LEAK CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED BITE CHECK OF APU SYS AND PERFORMED GVI OF AIR INLET DUCT AND COMPRESSOR INLET PLENUM FOR BLOCKAGE. NO DEFECTS NOTED REF FIM TASK 49-30, TASK 803.