Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 18, 2023
Submitted
October 19, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35685
Aircraft time
56,072 hours, 16,751 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
J20190004
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
2,712 hours, 3,901 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
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

APU WOULD NOT START AND FAULT LT ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. (RESOLVED ON W/O: 1974128 TASKCARD: N/R-00001 ) VERIFIED FAULT CODE 49-41011 IS IN HISTORY AS LAST LEG. C/W FIM TASK 49-40 TASK 802, NOTED POSITIVE FUEL FLOW ON TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACED IGNITER PLUG AND IGNITER LEAD REF AMM 49-41-51, 49-41-52 NO HELP REMOVED AND REPLACED IGNITION UNIT REF AMM 49-41-31 OPS CHECK GOOD. SUCCESFULL APU START ACCOMPLISHED. VERIFIED NO PRESENT FAULTS NOTED. THIS CLEARS MEL 49-1B SEAMC DARWIN NOTIFIED DEFERRAL PLACARDS REMOVED.