Service difficulty report · Converter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 15, 2019
Submitted
August 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35188
Aircraft time
46,693 hours, 13,953 cycles
Part
Converter
Part number
1152466250
Part serial
115246601982
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
31,386 hours, 9,314 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU GENERATOR REQUIRED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT PROVIDED ELECTRICAL POWER. APU WAS RUNNING AND BLUE APU GEN OFF BUS ILLUMINATED BUT VOLT AND FREQUENCY METER INDICATED 0 VOLTS. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED START CONVERTER UNIT REF B737-800 AMM 49-41-61, OPS CHECK NORMAL PER SAME.