Service difficulty report · Power Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 25, 2018
Submitted
October 1, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43292
Aircraft time
19,837 hours, 6,538 cycles
Part
Power Unit
Part number
1152464265
Part serial
115246404112
Condition
Failed
Location
E&E Bay
Part time
19,847 hours, 6,541 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

DURING TAXI TO GATE, STARTED APU. THE APU STARTED BUT NO APU GEN OFF BUS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND APU GEN VOLTMETER SHOWED ZERO VOLTS. APU GEN INOP. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED NORMAL OPERATION OF APU MULTIPLE TIMES PER B737-900 AMM 49-11-00. VOLTAGE AND FREQS WERE NORMAL NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PERFORMED APU BITE PER FIM 49-60 TASK 801. FOUND 2 FAULTS. FAULT 1 MESSAGE 49-41255. START POWER UNIT SHOWS HIGH TEMP. REMOVED AND REPLACED START POWER UNIT PER AMM 49-41-71. PERFORMED GOOD OPS TEST OF START POWER UNIT PER AMM 49-41-71-400-801. PERFORMED BITE TEST OF APU PER AMM 49-61-00 AND FAULT MESSAGE CLEARED.