Service difficulty report · Power Unit · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 27, 2017
Submitted
August 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35178
Aircraft time
40,721 hours, 12,099 cycles
Part
Power Unit
Part number
1152464265
Part serial
110C0105
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Starter
Part time
36,808 hours, 11,826 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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 START. PERFORMED APU BITE TEST. DISPLAYED MESSAGE 49-41255 START POWER UNIT SHOWS HIGH TEMPERATURE. NO APU ROTATION SHUTDOWN. ACFT GROUNDED. TROUBLESHOT IAW FIM 49-40 TASK 815. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. FOUND SAME MESSAGE FLAGGED 15 LEGS AGO. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU START POWER UNIT, FOR TROUBESHOOTING. OPS CHECKS GOOD. REFERENCE APPLICABLE STEPS IAW AMM 49-41-71.