Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 18, 2019
Submitted
April 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35188
Aircraft time
45,451 hours, 13,577 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
000218016675
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Part time
10,146 hours, 19,430 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

WHILE TOWING A/C APU FAULT LIGHT CAME ON AND APU UNABLE TO START. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED APU BITE FOUND FAULT 49-31175 WAS 75 STARTS OLD AND NOT LIKELY RELATED TO CURRENT PROBLEM. INSPECTED APU WIRE HARNESS AND RANG PINS ON FCU PER B737-800 FIM 49-32 TASK 805 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. STARTED APU MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO FAULTS.