Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 22, 2021
Submitted
March 25, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N459AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36352
Aircraft time
26,352 hours, 8,458 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
System (JASC)
7412 · Exciter
Part
Exciter
Part number
9238M66P11
Part serial
UNL49520
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
26,379 hours, 8,466 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

ENGINE # 2 DID NOT START ON RIGHT IGNITER STARTED PROPERLY ON LEFT IGNITER. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 ENG RIGHT IGNITION EXCITER BOX REF B737-900 AMM 74-11-01. AS A PRECAUTION REMOVED AND REPLACE #2 ENG MAIN IGNITER PLUGS REF AMM 74-21-02. MMEL 74-1 (DDPG) RESTORED REF AMM TASK 74-00-00-040-802-F00. IGN SYSTEM AUDIBLE TEST GOOD REF AMM 74-00-00. SUCCESSFUL IDLE ENG START ON R IGN REF AMM 71-00-00.