Service difficulty report · Power Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 30, 2019
Submitted
July 23, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44110
Aircraft time
14,514 hours, 4,769 cycles
Part
Power Unit
Part number
1152464265
Part serial
115246405148
Condition
Failed
Location
E&E Bay
Part time
14,520 hours, 4,771 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON START ATTEMPT AND FAILED TO START, PERFORMED APU BITE REF FIM 49-60 TASK 801 SHOWS FAULT MAINT MSG 49-41012. PERFORMED FIM 49-40 TASK 803 NO CURRENT FAULTS SHOWN ATTEMPTED APU START FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND NO APU START. APU BITE SHOWS NO ROTATION SHUTDOWN MAINT MSG 49-41012 AND MAINT HISTORY MAINT MSG 49-41297 START POWER UNIT SHOWS INTERNAL FAILURE. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU STARTER GENERATOR PER AMM 49-41-21. LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED START POWER UNIT PER AMM 49-41-71 SPU INSTALLATION TEST GOOD.