Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 28, 2017
Submitted
June 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35187
Aircraft time
39,313 hours, 11,713 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
4419215
Part serial
CUC13930
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
7,822 hours, 12,574 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

PILOT REPORTS THE APU WOULD NOT START ON FIRST ATTEMPT. FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU HAS A HISTORY OF MULTIPLE CSS ATTEMPTS WITH FAULT LIGHT. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU FUEL CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 49-31-11. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU LUBE MODULE IAW AMM 49-91-11. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. NO MAINTENANCE MESSAGE ON APU BITE.