Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 26, 2017
Submitted
May 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41732
Aircraft time
17,413 hours, 5,633 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
121324
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
4,270 hours, 8,694 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU WILL NOT START. ACFT GROUNDED. APU BITE COMPLETED IAW FIM 49-60 TASK 80, NO CURRENT FAULTS LOGGED. FAULT HISTORY SHOWS FAULTS FROM OVER 60 DAYS AGO. APU START SWITCH S248 REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW WDM 49-6211. NO HELP, AND FAULT 49-41181 IGNITION UNIT CIRCUIT SHOWS OPEN CIRCUIT LOGGED. ECU REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 49-61-12, NO HELP AND ORIGINAL INSTALLED. POWER CHECK DONE AT CONNECTOR P13 IAW WDM 49-41-11. POWER IS PRESENT. IGNITION UNIT SHOWS NO OUTPUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITION UNIT IAW AMM 49-41-31. REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITOR PLUG IAW AMM 49-41-51. OPS CHECKED GOOD. APU STARTS ON 1ST ATTEMPT. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.