Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 5, 2018
Submitted
March 7, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43293
Aircraft time
17,022 hours, 5,645 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
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

FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON FIRST APU 'COLD SOAKED START' ATTEMPT AT FL 360. APU STARTED NORMALLY ON SECOND ATTEMPT AT FL300. GROUNDED - YES. REF LOGPAGE 11864703 PERFORMED APU BITE CHECK IAW FIM 49-60 TASK 801, FOUND FAULT CODE 49-52017 REVERSE FLOW SHUTDOWN, PERFORMED FIM 49-50-801, PARAGRAPH A THRU F (3), FOUND NO DEBRIS IN INLET OR INLET PLENUM, OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE INLET GUIDE IGV ACTUATOR LINKAGE FOUND NO DEFECTS, MEL 49-99A APPLIED.