Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
October 13, 2017
Submitted
October 19, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N474AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
40715
Aircraft time
9,251 hours, 3,023 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
68762231
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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 STARTED AFTER LANDING. PUT GENERATOR ON LINE. A MINUTE LATER, THE APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUTDOWN. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU SPEED SENSOR ASSY IAW AMM 49-61-21. ACCOMPLISHED APU STARTING AND OPERATION, NO LEAKS NOTED. LOADED APU, NO FAULTS NOTED. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 49-11-00-860-801. ACCOMPLISHED APU BITE PROCEDURES. NO CURRENT FAULTS NOTED IAW AMM 49-61-00-700-801.