Service difficulty report · Bypass Switch · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 31, 2016
Submitted
September 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44110
Aircraft time
2,937 hours, 1,005 cycles
Part
Bypass Switch
Part number
3043002
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER STARTING APU ON TAXI IN, APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AUTO SHUTDOWN OCCURRED. RAN QRH,TURNED OFF APU SWITCH. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 49-90, TASK 809. PERFORMED MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG INSPECTION REF AMM TASK 49-91-81. NO METAL PARTICLES FOUND. REPLACED OIL FILTER ELEMENTS REF AMM 49-91-12. FILTERS CLEAN. RAN APU FOR 15 MINUTES. FAULT REOCCURRED. CHECKED AND REPLACED THE FILTER BYPASS SWITCH FOR THE STARTER GENERATOR REF AMM 49-91-13. OPERATED APU FOR 20 MINUTES. FAULT CORRECTED. NO LEAKS FOUND ON ANY COMPONENTS. THIS CLEARS MEL 49-1B.