Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 14, 2020
Submitted
October 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35185
Aircraft time
50,759 hours, 15,171 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
086971101492
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu Ignition
Part time
3,904 hours, 6,538 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

APU WILL NOT START AND HAS FAULT LIGHT COME ON DURING START SEQUENCE. GROUNDED-YES. ATTEMPTED TO START APU FOLLOWING STEPS ON B737-800 FIM 49-40 TASK 802. FOUND NO NOISE FROM IGNITER PLUG. REPLACED IGNITER PLUG LEAD, REF B737-800 AMM 49-41-52-400-801 AND IGNITION UNIT, REF AMM 49-41-31-400-801. APU OPERATION NORMAL.