Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 3, 2016
Submitted
August 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N472AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
60580
Aircraft time
5,318 hours, 1,693 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

1ST ATTEMPT CSS AT 33,000, TEMP -39 DEGREES. APU FAILED TO START, FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WENT OUT AT 3 MINUTES LATER. 2ND ATTEMPT AT 33,000, STARTED, GOOD VOLTS, FREQUENCIES. ACFT GROUNDED. CURRENT STATUS HAD NO FAULTS, FAULT HISTORY AND MAINTENANCE HISTORY HAD FAULT, SURGE CONTROL VALVE LVDT SHOWS CIRCUIT FAILURE, WITH REVERSE FLOW SHUTDOWN NOTE AND CODE 49-52286, NO FAULT HISTORY. IN MAINTENANCE HISTORY, SAME FAULT WITH NOTE, NO BLEED IN MAINTENANCE HISTORY. MAINTENANCE HISTORY CODE WAS 49-52188. PERFORMED FIM FOR BOTH FAULT CODES, NO FAULTS FOUND. SUSPECT INTERMITTENT FAULT, GROUND FUNCTIONAL CHECK GOOD IAW AMM 49-11-00-710-801, CLEARS MEL 49-1B.