Service difficulty report · Ignition Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 8, 2017
Submitted
June 12, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35201
Aircraft time
25,037 hours, 7,324 cycles
Part
Ignition Sys
Part number
38880587
Part serial
130370
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
2,673 hours, 5,737 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 ILLUMINATED DURING APU START. APU WOULD NOT START AFTER FOLLOWING QRH. ACFT GROUNDED. APU BITE DONE IAW AMM 49-61-00-700-801. FAULT CODE 49-41011 FOUND. CONNECTOR P13 DISCONNECTED AND CHECKED FOR POWER IAW WDM 49-41-11. POWER CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED THE IGNITION UNIT IAW AMM 49-41-31, AND AS A PRECAUTION, REPLACED THE IGNITER PLUG AND LEADS IAW AMM 49-41-51 AND 49-41-52. APU OPS CHECKED NORMAL, NO DEFECTS NOTED.