Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 28, 2019
Submitted
July 30, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
42,759 hours, 12,936 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
MS280341
Condition
Corroded
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

APU TREND DATA SHOWS CT5ATP TEMP IS AT OR ABOVE THE THRESHOLD 605 DEGREES GROUNDED - YES. NO RECENT RELATED MTX MESSAGES IN APU HISTORY. NO BLOCKAGE IN AIR INLET OR COMPRESSOR INLET PLENUM. REMOVED INLET TEMP SENSOR & FOUND IT TO BE CORRODED & DIRTY. CLEANED CONNECTOR & REPLACED INLET TEMP SENSOR REF AMM 49-61-31. OPS TESTS GOOD REF FIM 49-40 TASK 825 PARA C & D STEPS 1 & 2.