Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 24, 2021
Submitted
December 27, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
49,282 hours, 14,665 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
28B5459STYLEA
Part serial
31A0850
Condition
Unknown
Location
Apu
Part time
7,653 hours, 13,983 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTS APU FAILED TO START, MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS ON GROUND. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED APU BITE TEST FOUND MAINTENANCE MESSAGE "NO APU ROTATION SHUTDOWN" OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN LAST 65 STARTS. NO OTHER FAULTS FOUND. SUSPECT STARTER TO BE INTERMITTENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR REF TO B737-800 AMM 49-41-21, OPS CHECKED AND LEAK CHECKED C/W.