Service difficulty report · Overheat Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 3, 2020
Submitted
April 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
49,810 hours, 14,725 cycles
Part
Overheat Sensor
Part number
90202001
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

APU DET INOP LIGHT ILLUMINATED UPON PUSHBACK. GROUNDED - YES. VERIFIED DISCREP - HARD FAIL. ENG/APU FIRE DET MODULE BITE PER B737-800 FIM 26-10 TASK 802 SHOWS APU TAILPIPE DET AT FAULT. RANG OUT SAME DETECTOR AND READ 160K OHMS - SHOULD BE 4K OHMS. REMOVED/REPLACED TAILPIPE OVHT DET ASSY REF B737-800 AMM 26-15-01. OPS NML REF AMM 26-15-00. GROUND VERIFICATION TEST GOOD.