Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 13, 2017
Submitted
January 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35681
Aircraft time
36,127 hours, 10,659 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Ac Pack
Part time
36,124 hours, 10,657 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON STARTING ENGINE NR 2 IN LAS, ENG START INDICATIONS WERE VERY SLOW TO INCREASE. START PSI WAS BELOW 30 AND AT REACHING 20% N2, MOVED START LEVER TO RUN. ENGINE CONTINUED TO START BUT VERY SLOWLY. EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED AIRCRAFT DURING START. START COMPLETED WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED. ENGINE NR 1 START WAS THE SAME AS NR 2 EXCEPT THERE WAS NO FUMES ENTERING THE AIRCRAFT. GROUNDED - YES. WHILE PERFORMING PRE START CHECK LIST WITH APU AIR, SWITCH TURNED TO ON, FOUND PACKS RUNNING WITH PACK SWITCHES IN OFF POSITION. OPS CHECK OF LT PACK NORM. RT PACK WOULD NOT SHUT OFF TILL RT PACK SWITCH CYCLED 3 TIMES. STARTED BOTH ENGINES MULTIPLE TIMES, NO DEFECTS NOTED, DUCT PRESSURE REMAINED OVER 30 PSI, N1 REACHED 25% IN NORMAL TIME. PACK OPERATION NORMAL WITH SWITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED P5-10 AIR CONDITIONING MODULE REF MM 21-51-65-000-801 AND 36-21-02-600-802 FOR DUCT PRESSURE TRANSMITTER TRANSFER. OPS CHECK GOOD. GROUND VERIFICATION ACCOMPLISHED REF 21-51-65-000-801, SEAMC NOTIFIED.