Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 5, 2020
Submitted
December 11, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44105
Aircraft time
20,503 hours, 6,599 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1605642
Part serial
7285
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
6,329 hours, 12,004 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU TREND DATA IS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN OIL USAGE. GROUNDED-YES. FOUND APU OIL COOLER LEAKING. APPROXIMATELY ONE DROP PER MIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU OIL COOLER, PER B737-900 AMM 49-91-41. GROUND OPERATIONS CHECK IS GOOD. NO LEAKS AT THIS TIME.