Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 10, 2017
Submitted
May 12, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35182
Aircraft time
39,573 hours, 11,849 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC15803
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
40 hours, 80 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

CSS FAILED, 3 ATTEMPTED STARTS. FL360, SAT-45 DEGREE. APU WOULD HAVE ATTAINED AN EGT OF 1000 DEGREES BUT FAULT LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND START WOULD ABORT SEQUENCE. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED APU BITE IAW FIM 49-60 TASK 801. FOUND FAULT CODES 49-31016 AND 49-41010. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 49-31-11. GROUND START VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, NO LEAKS NOTED, NO FAULTS NOTED.