Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 30, 2018
Submitted
December 4, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
40,146 hours, 12,231 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
120285
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
1,684 hours, 3,080 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

AFTER LANDING WHEN STARTING APU THE FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RAN QRH AND ATTEMPTED RESTART. ON RESTART FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. AFTER APU SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF THE FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITION UNIT REF B737-800 AMM 49-41-31. PERFORMED APU BITE TEST, NO CURRENT FAULTS SHOWN. PERFORMED INSTALLATION TEST, APU OPERATION AMM TASK 49-11-00-860-801, OPS TEST GOOD.