Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 7379

Difficulty date
June 10, 2023
Submitted
June 12, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920AK
Make and model
Boeing 7379
Aircraft serial
44086
Aircraft time
6,358 hours, 1,885 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
J19400449
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
3,063 hours, 3,712 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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 FAILED TO START. FAULT LIGHT AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ARE ON. GROUNDED - YES. HAD MAINTENANCE MESSAGE " NO FLAME SHUTDOWN". PERFORMED B737-9 IFIM 49-40-00-810-804. VISUALLY INSPECTED APU AND FOUND RED BUTTON ON LUBE FILTER CASE EXTENDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU OIL LUBE FILTER AND APU OIL STARTER - GENERATOR FILTER PER B737-9 AMM 49-91-13. INSPECTED APU IGNITER PLUG AND FOUND IT WORN. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITER PLUG PER AMM 49-41-51, NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITION UNIT PER AMM 49-41-31. OPS CHECK GOOD. APU OPERATING NORMAL.

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