Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 1, 2019
Submitted
April 3, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N464AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
40714
Aircraft time
19,805 hours, 6,395 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER FLIGHT APU START FAILED DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. GROUNDED - YES. ETOPS OIL SYSTEM SERVICED. PERFORMED APU BITE. NO FAULTS IN CURRENT STATUS, FAULT AND MAINTENANCE HISTORIES IAW FIM 49-60 TASK 801. CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL AT APU, CHECKED FULL REF B737-900 MM 12-13-31. PERFORMED MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG INSP, NO DEFECTS FOUND REF AMM 49-91-81. STARTED/RAN APU NUMEROUS TIMES, OPERATES NORMALLY. CHECKED/CLEANED LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR REF AMM 49-11-01. RAN APU TWO MORE TIMES, OPERATES NORMALLY.