- Difficulty date
- October 18, 2016
- Submitted
- October 20, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35200
- Aircraft time
- 22,484 hours, 6,552 cycles
- Part
- Connector
- Part number
- BACC63CM1407PN
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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
APU DETECTOR FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. LOCKS BROKEN FOR PINS 1 & 3 OF CONNECTOR D40062P. REPLACED THE CONNECTOR IAW WDM 26-11-31 PAGE 3. APU DETECTOR FAULT LIGHT OUT. APU FIRE DETECTION OPERATIONAL TEST PASSES, IAW AMM 26-15-00/501. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.