Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 26, 2017
Submitted
June 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
34,913 hours, 10,604 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC14185
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
10,947 hours, 14,633 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

PERFORMED CSS ON APU BY DISPATCH RELEASE DIRECTION AND PER FOM 5.1 PAGE 4. FIRST ATTEMPT PRIOR TO TOD AT FL380: NORMAL SEQUENCE UNTIL EGT REACHED 800 DEGREES FOLLOWED BY 'FAULT' LIGHT, WHICH EXTINGUISHED WHEN APU SWITCH WAS MOVED TO 'OFF'. SECOND ATTEMPT ALSO AT FL380 FOLLOWED SAME RESULT, EXCEPT 'FAULT' LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR FIVE MINUTES. THIRD ATTEMPT INITIATED IN DESCENT AT FL320, FOLLOWED SAME RESULT AS ATTEMPT TWO, EXCEPT EGT PEAKED AT 950 BEFORE 'FAULT' LIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU LUBE MODULE AND OPS/LEAK CHECKS NORMAL, REF B737-800 AMM 49-91-11. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT, REF B737-800 AMM 49-31-11. OPS/LEAK CHECKS NORMAL.