Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
February 4, 2001
Submitted
March 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N259AU
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
22806
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Tail
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BWI- FLT 2993 - EN ROUTE FROM BOS TO FLL, AT FL350, THE APU SHUTDOWN. THE NR 2 CSD/GENERATOR WAS ALREADY ON MEL SO THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEGAN TO DIVERT TO BWI. AT FL240, THE APU WAS RESTARTED AND THE EMERGENCY WAS CANCELED. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DIVERT TO BWI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RAN THE APU AND COULD FIND NO FAULTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED, AS PRECAUTIONARY, THE APU CONTROL MODULE UNIT M280, AND THE APU FUEL SHUTOFF SOLENOID (P/N 692545-1), THE APU TACHOMETER GENERATOR (P/N 2CM9ABH7) AND THE APU THREE SPEED SWITCH (P/N 3876259-4). APU OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. CLEARED THE MEL ON THE NR 2 CSD/GENERATOR BY REMOVING AND REPLACING THE NR 2 CSD (P/N 731753), GENERATOR (P/N