Service difficulty report · Converter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 19, 2020
Submitted
August 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41702
Aircraft time
23,245 hours, 7,498 cycles
Part
Converter
Part number
1152466250
Part serial
115246604570
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Ee Compartment
Part time
23,267 hours, 7,501 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

ON TAXI INTO THE GATE THE APU WOULD NOT START AND THE APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. ACCOMPLISHED B737-900 FIM 49-40 TASK 803. NO DEBRIS IN MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG, APU FREELY ROTATES. ACCOMPLISHED GVI OF APU HARNESS AND STARTER GENERATOR HARNESS, NO DEFECTS. STARTED AND RAN APU ON BATTERIES ONLY, START NORMAL AND HOLDS LOAD. 3 BREAKERS TAGGED/ RESET. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER CONVERTER UNIT AS PRECAUTIONARY, IAW B737-900 AMM 49-41-61/401. GROUND VERIFICATION TEST GOOD TWICE.