Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 3, 2019
Submitted
April 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N471AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41703
Aircraft time
17,994 hours, 5,894 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Inlet Pressure
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APU SHUT DOWN DUE TO OVERSPEED. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED APU BITE IAW FIM 49-60 TASK 801. FOUND START 1 MSG 49-31014 FOR OVERSPEED SHUTDOWN IN FAULT HISTORY. FOUND NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OF MSG 49-52221 INLET PRESS SENSOR OUT OF RANGE HIGH, 49-52219 INLET PRESS SENSOR DISAGREE WITH DATA BUS, 49-52289 TOTAL PRESSURE SENSOR SHOWS OUT OF RANGE DRIFT (RELATED TO INLET PRESSURE SENSOR FAULTS) & 1 OCCURRENCE OF MSG 49-31171 FUEL CONTROL UNIT FLOW DISAGREES WITH COMMAND IN MAINTENANCE HISTORY. FAULTS RANGE FROM START 1 TO START 63 AND OCCUR ON ALL 99 RECORDED MSG PAGES OF MAINTENANCE HISTORY. PERFORMED BITE TEST REF FIM 49-60 TASK 801 & VERIFIED OVERSPEED SHUTDOWN FAULT 2 STARTS AGO. PER FIM 49-30 TASK 802 THIS FAULT CAN BE CONSIDERED INTERMITTENT & CLEARED. FOR MSG 49-52221 IN 'MAINTENANCE HISTORY' REPLACED INLET PRESSURE SENSOR PER FIM 49-54 TASK 802 REF AMM 49-52-31/401. OPS & LEAK CHECKED OK.