Service difficulty report · Converter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 26, 2022
Submitted
May 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
50,611 hours, 15,082 cycles
Part
Converter
Part number
1152464265
Part serial
115246404351
Condition
Faulty
Location
Eec E2-2
Part time
29,052 hours, 9,105 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU INOP UPON LANDING MULTIPLE STARTS ATTEMPTED APU FAULT CODE ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER CONVERTOR UNIT PER B737-800 AMM 49-41-61-000-801/AMM 49-41-61-400-801. ACCOMP 2 STARTS THEN P91 A11 CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER POWER UNIT PER AMM 49-41-71-000-801. PERFORMED START POWER UNIT INSTALL TEST PER SAME. TEST PASSED APU STARTED WITH NO ISSUES. APU BITE SHOWS NO CURRENT FAULTS. PERFORMED LEAK & OPS CHECKS ON APU STARTER GENERATOR PER AMM 49-41-21. FOUND NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK ON APU STARTER SCAVENGE FILTER AND LUBE FILTER PER AMM 49-91-12 FOUND NO LEAKS. PERFORMED LEAK CK ON APU DRAIN PLUG PER AMM 49-91-81. FOUND NO LEAK.