Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 9, 2019
Submitted
December 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43293
Aircraft time
23,811 hours, 7,701 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
131296
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
3,588 hours, 6,001 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

PER FLIGHT CREW REPORT APU WOULD NOT START FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED APU BITE PROCEDURE REF B737-900 FIM 49-60 TASK 801 FOUND MX MESSAGE 49-41184 IN CURRENT STATUS. COMPLIED W/ FIM 49-40 TASK 804 THRU STEP F(4) NO ISSUES FOUND W/ WIRING HARNESS. C/W VISUAL INSPECTION OF TAIL CONE AREA NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITION UNIT IAW B737-900 AMM 49-41-31. APU OPS CHECK OK.