Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 2, 2018
Submitted
December 6, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35191
Aircraft time
40,719 hours, 12,254 cycles
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER 30 MINUTES OF APU RUNNING WE HAD APU BLEED AIR CYCLE HIGH AIR PRESSURE TO LOW AIR PRESSURE THEN AIR SHUT OFF. WHILE AIR PRESS WENT TO LOW EGT INCREASED ABOUT 20 EGT. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED B737-800 FIM 49-60 TASK 801, FOUND FAULT CODE 49-31171 (FUEL CONTROL UNIT FLOW DISAGREES WITH COMMAND) AND 49-31014 (OVERSPEED SHUTDOWN APU OVERSPEED) IN FAULT HISTORY, FOUND FAULT CODE 49-31175 (FCU RESOLVER SHOWS BAD) IN CURRENT FAULTS. PERFORMED FIM 49-32 TASK 805 WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. AFTER RECONNECTING PLUG D10406 CURRENT FAULTS EXTINGUISHED. APU OPS CHECK NORMAL REF B737-800 AMM 49-11-00.