Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 3, 2019
Submitted
July 10, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35193
Aircraft time
40,981 hours, 12,269 cycles
Part
Relay
Condition
Defective
Location
Apu System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU BITE INOP MSG WHEN ATTEMPTING APU BITE TEST. GROUNDED - YES. 1ST ATTEMPT ABLE TO ACCESS APU BITE PAGE AND ABLE TO DUPLICATE FAULT BY DATA LOAD KNOB TO APU THEN APU BITE PAGE AUTO EXIT THEN UNABLE TO ACCESS BACK TO THE APU BITE PAGE AND APU BITE INOP MSG APPEARED. RESET A/C POWER THEN 2ND ATTEMPT WITH SAME EVENT BUT THIRD ATTEMPTS ON THEN CANT ACCESS APU BITE PAGE. REF FIM TASK 49-65 TASK 801 AND WDM 49-62-11, REMOVED AND REPLACED R735 "DATA LOAD ENABLE RELAY". ACCESS PANEL SECURED AND LEAKS CHECKED OK. APU BITE PAGE ACCESS OK 5 OUT OF 5 TIMES. APU OPS CHECKED NORMAL W/O CURRENT FAULTS.