Service difficulty report · Igniter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 24, 2017
Submitted
June 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
34,902 hours, 10,600 cycles
Part
Igniter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
120936
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
3,147 hours, 6,265 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU WONT START, TRIED 3 TIMES. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED APU BITE IAW FIM 49-60, TASK 801. APU HAS FAULT MSG 49-41011 NO FLAME SHUTDOWN. COMPLIED WITH FIM TASK 49-40 TASK 802, CDS REPORTS NO FLAME LAST THREE STARTS AS RECOMMENDED BY FIM TASK. REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITER PLUG, IGNITER LEAD, AND IGNITION UNIT. IAW AMM TASKS 49-41-51, 49-41-52, AND 49-41-31. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL IAW AMM 49-11-00. RAN APU THREE TIMES NO DEFECTS NOTED. NO FAULTS FOUND.