Service difficulty report · Exhaust Duct · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 5, 2019
Submitted
November 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35691
Aircraft time
43,067 hours, 12,834 cycles
Part
Exhaust Duct
Condition
Fire
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU FLAMEOUT WHILE PARKED AT GATE PRIOR TO PUSHBACK. RAMP PERSONNEL NOTICED LARGE FLAME OUT EXHAUST. APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU SWITCHED OFF. RAMP PERSON PULLED APU FIRE SWITCH IN WHEEL WELL. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED APU BITE, FOUND MX MESSAGE 49-11023 "REMOTE FIRE HANDLE PULLED" 11-6-19. PERFORMED FIM TASK 49-10 TASK 803 NO OTHER OCCURRENCES, RAN APU OPERATES NORMAL, PERFORMED APU BITE AFTER RUN, CURRENT STATUS NO FAILURES FOUND.