Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 18, 2020
Submitted
September 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
49,910 hours, 15,124 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Connector
Part number
9238M66P11
Part serial
UNJ87009
Condition
Melted
Location
#1 Engine Nacell
Part time
15,126 hours, 6,206 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

NR 1 ENG NO START AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS ON RT IGNITION. GOOD ROTATION, GOOD FF, NO IGNITION. GROUNDED-YES. PERFORMED IGNITION SYSTEM TEST, PER B737-800 AMM 74-00-00. RIGHT IGNITER BITE TEST SHOWS FAULT 74-30981, RT EXCITOR IS OUT OF RANGE. REMOVED & REPLACED NR 1 ENG RIGHT EXCITER BOX, REF B737-800 AMM 74-11-01 W/ NO HELP. PERFORMED B737-800 FIM 74-21 TASK 802 THROUGH STEP (9)(F) NR 1 ENG START LEVER SWITCH DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. NR 1 ENG RIGHT IGNITION C/B POPS WITH START LEVER OPERATION. DISCONNECTED CONNECTOR DP0456. AS SOON AS THE NR 1 ENG START LEVER IS RAISED THE NR 1 ENG RIGHT IGNITION C/B POPS. PER FIM 74-21 TASK 802, PERFORMED IGNITION AUDIBLE TEST, PER AMM 74-00-00. LT IGN IS OK BUT RT IGN NO SOUND. FAULT 74-30981 STILL PRESENT. PER INPUT MONITORING FOR ENGINE 1 ON CDU, RT IGN SHOWS OFF WITH START LEVER RAISED/IDLE MULTIPLE TIMES. REF WDM 74-11-11, FOUND CONTACT 14 OF DM19 AND D30064 MELTED. REPLACED BOTH AND RETERMINATED D30064, PER B737 SWPM 20-61-11. PERFORMED NR 1 ENGINE ACTUATORS TEST, REF AMM 71-00-00-700-807-F00. OPS TEST, NORMAL. STARTED ENGINE AND RAN AT IDLE. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. ALL REQUIRED OPS TEST NORMAL. NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND VERIFICATION TEST SUCCESSFUL.