Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 25, 2017
Submitted
May 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N530AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36578
Aircraft time
27,781 hours, 8,280 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
111006
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
3,945 hours, 7,940 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 FAULT LIGHT ON START. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES. STILL HAD FAULT LIGHT. ACFT GROUNDED. ON APU START UP, FOUND FAULT 49-41180, IGNITION UNIT CIRCUIT SHOWS HIGH CURRENT. IAW FIM 49-40 TASK 804, REPLACED EXCITER UNIT IAW AMM 49-41-31. TO ADDRESS PREVIOUS FAULT 49-41011, NO FLAME SHUTDOWN, ALSO REPLACED APU IGNITER PLUG IAW AMM 49-41-51, AND IGNITER PLUG LEAD IAW AMM 49-41-52. ALL FAULTS CLEARED. APU OPERATES NORMAL IAW AMM 49-11-00.