Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 21, 2016
Submitted
August 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41732
Aircraft time
14,828 hours, 4,754 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185J
Part serial
AAA6013186
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
14,839 hours, 4,758 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU STARTS FINE BUT SHOWS NO VOLTS OR FREQUENCY AND WON'T COME ONLINE TO POWER THE GENERATOR BUSSES. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED CONTINUITY CHECK ON PIN 15 AND PIN 16 ON D48080J CONNECTOR FROM REMOTE APU FIRE CONTROL PANEL. CHECKS GOOD, IAW FIM 24-21 TASK 820. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU GCU G14. OPS CHECK GOOD, IAW AMM 24-21-81. PERFORMED APU START AND SUPPLIED APU GEN ELECTRICAL LOAD. OPS TEST GOOD, IAW AMM 49-11-00.