# SDR DALA2026081404663

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 13, 2026
- Submitted: August 15, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N865DN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865DN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737932ER
- Aircraft serial: 31976
- Aircraft time: 31,141 hours, 12,097 cycles
- System (JASC): [2435 · Starter-Generator](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2435)
- Part: Starter Gen
- Part number: 28B5459
- Part serial: 124B0061
- Condition: Burned
- Location: Zone 100
- Part time: 36,464 hours, 34,415 cycles
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2026081404663

## Discrepancy

APU KICKED OFF WHILE SITTING AT THE GATE, STRONG ODOR ( ELECTRICAL ODOR) BUT NO FAIL INDICATION OR APU LIGHTS. APU CONTINUED TO RUN BUT NO POWER.   INSPECTED PER AMM 05-42. FOUND STARTER-GENERATOR CABLE COVER SEVERLY BURNING. REMOVED & REPLACED APU STARTER-GENERATOR PER B737 AMM 49-41. ALL OPS/LEAK/BITE CHECKS GOOD. (8937588) AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED

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