Service difficulty report · Igniter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 5, 2019
Submitted
February 7, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35203
Aircraft time
27,463 hours, 7,917 cycles
Part
Igniter
Part number
90722151
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT START DURING PUSH-BACK WITH IGN RIGHT SELECTED FUEL FLOW BUT NO LIGHT OFF. NR 2 ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED FIM 74-21 TASK 801 OF THE IGNITION R FAILED. PERFORMED IGNITION SYSTEM AUDIBLE TEST OF THE NR 1 ENGINE PER AMM 74-00-00. LEFT AND RIGHT IGNITER TEST PASSED, NO FAULTS FOUND. REMOVED RIGHT IGNITER PLUGS AND EXAMINED RIGHT PLUGS PER AMM 74-21-01. NO DEFECTS FOUND. EXAMINED RIGHT IGNITION LEAD AND POLISHED IGNITER PLUG CONTACTS PER AMM 74-21-01. NO DEFECTS FOUND. AS PER CAUTION INSTALLED NEW RIGHT IGNITER PLUG PER AMM 74-21-02, NEW RIGHT IGNITER PLUG LEAD PER AMM 49-41-52, AND NEW RIGHT IGNITION EXCITER PER AMM 74-11-01 . CONDUCTED ANOTHER IGNITION SYSTEM AUDIBLE TEST OF NR 1 ENGINE PER AMM 74-00-00. LEFT AND RIGHT IGNITER TEST PASSED, NO FAULT FOUND. RAN NR 1 ENGINE TO TEST RIGHT IGNITER PER AMM 74-00-00. ENGINE STARTS AS NORMAL.