Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 2, 2020
Submitted
July 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35201
Aircraft time
36,199 hours, 10,462 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU FAILED START AT FL400, FL400, FL300 AND FAILED START ON THE GROUND. GROUNDED - YES. DURING INIT EVALUATION "APU FAULT" LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TRYING TO START, 3 TIMES. APU BITE TEST SHOWED "49-15004 INLET DOOR SHUTDOWN." ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 49-10 TASK 806 STEP E(1). APU STARTED SUCCESSFULLY 3 TIMES WITH NO FAULTS OR MAINTENANCE MESSAGES.