Service difficulty report · Power Unit · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 24, 2021
Submitted
June 28, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41704
Aircraft time
28,771 hours, 9,164 cycles
Part
Power Unit
Part number
1152464265
Part serial
115246404030
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
28,813 hours, 9,176 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

APU FAULT LIGHT ON AFTER START RAN CHECKLIST RESTART GOT FAULT ALSO. GROUNDED - YES. FAULT HISTORY SHOWED 2 NO APU ROTATION SHUTDOWN, MAINT MSG 49-41012. ATTEMPTED START, APU WOULD NOT START. 49-41012 MSG SHOWED. T/S REF B737-900 FIM 49-40 TASK 803. SUSPECT STARTER/ GENERATOR. ACCOMPLISHED B737-900 FIM 49-40 TASK 803 STEP (E)(F) 1-5. NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR REF B737-900 AMM 49-41-21. APU TURNS FREELY. REMOVED AND REPLACED START CONVERTER UNIT REF AMM 49-41-61 AND START POWER UNIT REF AMM 49-41-71. BOTH BOXES OP CHECK GOOD, APU STARTS NORMALLY, BITE CHECK CLEAR. ETOPS GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.