Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 5, 2022
Submitted
December 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36363
Aircraft time
32,620 hours, 10,206 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Dislodged
Location
Control Valve
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

WHEN STARTING APU ON GROUND, NO LIGHT OFF, HOLDS AROUND 1.8 EGT AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WENT TO OFF WHEN LIGHT EXTINGUISHES, TRIED AGAIN. SAME RESULT. GROUNDED - YES. ACCOMPLISHED B737-900 FIM 49-90 TASK 803 LOW OIL PRESSURE SHUTDOWN. FOUND FAULT 49-91007 LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF APU FOUND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER AFT AREA OF THE COMPRESSOR INLET PLENUM SEAL DISLODGED & SEAL RETAINER BENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER B737-900 AMM TASK 49-11-00-400-801 AND TASK CARD 78349010. LEAK AND OPS TEST GOOD.