JASC 2435
Service difficulty reports · 2,052
Reports filed under 2435 · Starter-Generator, newest first.
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '2435' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '2435' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR ALG2006F00026Starter Gen · malfunctionedIN FLIGHT, AMMETER FLUCTUATED ZERO TO RED LINE NUMEROUS TIMES THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR. FUNCTION CHECKED GOOD. (K)SDR CA060313005Starter Gen · noisyVIBRATION ON START TO 60 PERCENT, AND STRANGE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, FOUND BROKEN STARTER.SDR CA060313010Brushes · brokenSCHEDULED MX CHECK OF BRUSHES, OPERATOR FOUND 1 BRUSH HAMMERPLATE BROKEN OFF DURING INSPECTION OF BRUSHES. RETURNED UNIT TO OVERHAUL AMO FOR REPAIRS. UNIT HAS ONLY 90 HOURS TSO. AMO FOUND ALL BRUSHES CHIPPED AT T/E AND WORN FROM OSCILLATION MOTION IN BRUSH SDR KBM2006F00078Brushes · defectiveDURING START FOUND SPARKS AT STARTER GEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED BRUSHES. (K)SDR CA060216001Bearing · failed(CAN) ORIG SNAG (STARTER SWITCH DOES NOT AUTO DELATCH) DRIVE END BEARING FAILURE (03-6009-23) STARTER GENERATOR HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO -008 (S/B -8-24-81) (TC NR 20060216001)SDR CA060209005Starter Gen · failed(CAN) RT GENERATOR FAILER INDICATION ON APPROACH. CREW LANDED A/C WITH NO MORE PROBLEMS. STARTER/GENERATOR REPLACED. STARTER/GEN 67.9 HOURS REMAINING BEFORE OVERHAUL DUE. BRUSH INSPECTED TO BE 20 PERCENT REMAINING. (TC NR 20060209005)SDR ALG2006F00008Starter Gen · failedDC ESSENTIAL BUSS CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. COMPLIED WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND PROCEEDED AND TERMINATED FLIGHT. FOUND NR 1 GENERATOR HAD FAILED. REPLACED NR 1 GENERATOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKED GOOD IASDR QXEA200600085Starter Gen · malfunctionedSEA FLIGHT NR 2062, DURING CLIMB-OUT NR 1 DC GENERATOR HOT CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COMPLIED WITH EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL CHECKLIST ITEMS FOR THAT CAUTION LIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR 1 DC STARTER/GENERATOR IAW MTC 9801001. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF DC GENERATORSSDR HEEA107923Starter Gen · failedTHE ESS BUSS LOW CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, LANDED AT LAFAYETTE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE #1 STARTER GENERATOR.SDR ALG2006F00005Brushes · failedGENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR BRUSHES AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. (K)SDR CA051228002Starter Gen · failedCLIMBING THRU 30000 FT, THE CREW FELT A VIBRATION IN AIRFRAME. SHORTLY AFTER LT ENGINE GENERATOR FAILED. THE CREW THEN DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT WITH APPROPRIATE FACILITIES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THOUGH BEFORE THEY ARRIVED THEY AGAIN FELT THE SAME VIBRASDR KBM2006F00024Starter Gen · inoperativeGENERATOR LIGHT ON RESET DID NOT WORK, AFTER 2ND START AND SEVERAL TIMES PUSHING THE (RESET) LIGHT WENT OUT. (K)SDR QXEA200501791Starter Gen · malfunctionedPDX FLIGHT NR 2351: NR 1 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON DURING T/O. RESET ATTEMPTED PER CHECKLIST. CAUTION LIGHT CAME BACK ON. DEFERRED IAW MEL REF 24-30-6, PLACARD 347182. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 DC STARTER/GENERATOR REF Q400 MTC 6243101.SDR HEEA107419Starter Gen · failedNR 2 GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED NR 2 STARTER GENERATOR.SDR CA051213007Starter Gen · intermittentGENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE, GENERATOR RESET AND WAS FINE FOR REMAINDER OF LEG. UPON LANDING GENERATOR DROPPED OFF LINE AND AGAIN WAS RESET WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAINTENANCE FOUND WHAT HAD THE APPEARANCE OF REMNANTS OF A BEARINGSDR KBM2006F00023Shaft · shearedENGINE WILL NOT START, SHEARED STARTER/GEN SHAFT, REMOVED AND REPLACED. (K)SDR ALG2005F00123Seal · leakingPOST FLIGHT, AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL STREAKING DOWN ON THE LT SIDE OF THE AC AND HE ALSO FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL INSIDE THE LEFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STARTER GENERATOR SEAL AND C/W WITH GROUND RUN AND LEAKSDR CA051130008Starter Gen · failedATTEMPTED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE BUT NO SUCCESS. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED AND AIRCRAFT BROUGHT BACK INTO HANGAR. SYSTEM INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT STARTER GENERATOR AT FAULT. REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR AND ENGINE RUN PERFORMED. SYSTEM CHECKED SATISFACTORY SDR ALG2005F00095Starter Gen · failedGENERATOR STOPPED CHARGING ON SHORT FINAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/ GENERATOR AND BATTERY. (K)SDR ALG2005F00090Seal · leakingAFTER LANDING, OIL WAS OBSERVED ON MAIN GEAR AND TAILBOOM. REPLACED GEARBOX SEAL (STARTER/ GENERATOR) AND OIL RING ON STARTER/GENERATOR. ALL WORK C/W ICW C-30 MM. (K)SDR ALG2005F00102Starter Gen · failedSTARTER/ GENERATOR FAILED ENROUTE TO WC 586, RETURNED TO BASE. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR. (K)SDR ALG2005F00101Starter Gen · failedSTARTER/GENERATOR FAILED ENROUTE TO WC 586. RETURNED TO BASE. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR. (K)SDR ACE112805Bearing · failedPILOT REPORTED RT GEN OFF LINE AND NO ENGINE STARTER AFTER LANDING - REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR DUE FRONT BEARING FAILURESDR CA051206009Bearing · wrong partSTARTER-GEN SUFFERED A BEARING FAILURE THAT TOOK THE GENERATOR OFF-LINE. THE ANTI-DRIVE END (ADE) BEARING FAILED, CAUSING THE ARMATURE TO DESTROY ITSELF BY RUBBING ON THE STATOR POLES. ON DISASSEMBLY BY OVERHAUL SHOP, THE BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE P/N 03-6009-SDR 2005FA0001626Brushes · worn1000 HOUR OVERHAUL OF BOTH STARTER-GENERATORS, REINSTALLED AFTER OVERHAUL. (K)SDR 2005FA0001625Brushes · worn1,000 HOUR OVERHAUL OF BOTH STARTER-GENERATORS BRUSHES WORN. REINSTALLED AFTER OVERHAUL. (K)SDR ALG2005F00109Starter Gen · failedDURING FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT GENERATOR FAILED. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR. (K)SDR ALG2005F00117Starter Gen · noisyPILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. REMOVED STARTER GEN AND INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE TSO GENERATOR. RAN AC FOR 30 MINUTES AT GROUND IDLE AND 100 PERCENT RPM FOR 10 MINUTES WITH NO NOISE OCCURRING. REMOVED AND INSPECTED ENGINE CHIP PLUGS, CHECSDR QXEA200501515Starter Gen · malfunctionedSEA FLIGHT NR 2220, ON CLIMB-OUT NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT, RAN CHECKLIST, NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE STARTER/GENERATOR AND CONTROL UNIT. CONTROL UNIT PART NUMBER 51539-008C, SERIAL NUMBER 3730, TSN 27SDR CA051017012Brushes · brokenUPON BRUSH INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE BRUSHES HAD A BROKEN RIVET. THE RIVET HOLDS THE WIRE BRAIDING TO THE BRUSH. WHEN THE BRUSH WAS PULLED OUT, THE RIVET FELL OUT ALONG WITH THE METAL TANG. UP TO THIS POINT THE STARTER GENERATOR HAD BEEN WORKISDR CA060306011Armature · failed(CAN) START UP SPARK/SMOKE FROM STARTER. REPLACED STARTER. (TC NR 20060306011)SDR KBM2005F00305Starter Gen · failedINTERNAL FAILURE- ARMATURE, REPLACED STARTER GEN WITH OFF UNIT. (K)SDR CA051004008Drive Gear · chipped(CAN) AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN HARD TO START. UPON INVESTIGATION THE STARTER BENDIX DRIVE GEAR FOUND TO HAVE A CHIPPED TOOTH. NO PROBLEMS NOTED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE STARTER.THERE IS NO SHIMMING PROCEDURE, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF ADJUSTMENT WITH THIS INSTALLATISDR AJC2005F00013Starter Gen · failedPASSING THROUGH FL 250, CREW EXPERIENCED AN IRREGULAR AIRFRAME VIBRATION AND A YAW MOTION LT TO RT. AFTER INCREASING AND DECREASING THE POWER, THE CREW FELT THE SAME IRREGULAR YAW. AFTER LANDING, CREW ISOLATED THE VIBRATION TO THE LT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE BORSDR CA050926004Brushes · defectiveBRUSHES FROM LOT MC20987 BATCH 072905 APPEAR TO HAVE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RESISTANCE. THE NOTICEABLE SYMPTOMS ARE SURFACE BLUING OF THE ARMATURE COMMENTATOR, EXCESSIVE CURRENT DRAW AND INCREASED FIELD FRAME TEMPERATURE DURING BRUSH RUN IN ON THE STARTER GENSDR CA050923010Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING START UP, THE STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE STARTER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER UNIT AND THE PROBLEM NO LONGER WAS EVIDENT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL STARTER PROBLEMS AND ROBINSON ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.SDR 2005FA0001335Starter Gen · failedUNIT SUSTAINED A MAIN BEARING ARMATURE DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE DURING FLIGHT. THE NR1 MAIN GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT ENUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED THE ARMATURE, DRIVE BALL DRIVESHAFT, AND BEARING FLANGE ARE NON-SERVICEABLE. THE ORIGINAL OVERHAUL PERIOD (TBO), FOR THIS UNISDR CA051003009Brushes · frayed(CAN) FOUND WIRES NOT FASTENED TO STARTER GENERATOR BRUSHES, DUE TO RIVET BEING LOOSE,WHICH THEN CAUSED ARCING OF WIRE AND RIVET TO CAUSE THE TEMPOR OUT OF THE RIVET .SDR KBM2005F00259Starter Gen · inoperativeSTARTER GEN - UNIT WILL NOT COME ON LINE, REMOVED AND REPLACED. (K)SDR ALG2005F00074Shaft · shearedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, GENERATOR CAUTION ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT RESET. LANDED ON EI-120 AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. STARTED/GENERATOR SHAFT FOUND SHEARED. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT IAW MM. (K)SDR CA050824015Packing · damaged(CAN) DURING CRUISE, A LOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING ANNUNCIATED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED A DAMAGED STARTER, GENERATOR SHAFT O-RING SEAL.SDR QXEA200501156Starter Gen · malfunctionedBLI FLIGHT NR 2249 - ON START UP (AFTER DISCONNECTING EXTERNAL POWER), NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR. OPERATION CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR QXEA200501154Starter Gen · malfunctionedSEA FLIGHT NR 2272 - NR 1 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY A NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT. DUAL DC GENERATOR CHECKLIST WAS RUN. LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR 1 AND NR 2 STARTER-GENERATORS IAW MTC 98-01-001. PERFORSDR KBM2005F00240Starter Gen · noisySTARTER GEN MAKING GRINDING NOISE. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER GEN. (M)SDR MASA200500573Control Unit · failedASH 6201 PHX. NR 1 ENGINE WON'T START. SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE. MX REPLACED THE STARTER GENERATOR AND GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT.SDR CA050728003Friction Ring · wornDURING INSPECTION, THE FAN WAS FOUND TO HAVE MOVED AFT CONTACTING THE FAN HOUSING. BOTH THE FAN AND HOUSING WERE DAMAGED. THE FRICTION RING AT THE FWD END OF THE SHAFT WAS FOUND COMPLETELY WORN OUT. SUSPECT MIS-ALIGNMENT OF THE GENERATOR INSTALLATION CAUSINSDR YDA2005F00001Cover · burnedTHE RT ENGINE WAS REPORTED TO BE THROWING SPARKS OUT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE COWL. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE STARTER GEN WAS FOUND TO HAE BURN SPOTS ON THE BRUSH BAND COVER. THE STARTER GEN WAS REMOVED AND A SERVICEABLE STARTER GEN WAS INSTALLED. UPON FURTHESDR RAIA00507012Starter Gen · inoperativeFLT 5449 - STL - RT GENERATOR FAIL WARNING INDICATION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 STARTED GENERATOR.SDR CA050718002Starter Gen · failedAFTER THE LEFT ENGINE START, THE GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE START BY MAINTENANCE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE START WAS ABORTED AND THE COWLINGS REMOVED. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS VERY HOT ANDSDR CA050615003Starter Gen · failed(CAN) THIS STARTER HAS BEEN SNAGGED AS INTERMITTENT ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE STARTER HAD 118.1 HRS TSO WHEN ORIGINAL PROBLEM EXISTED. THE STARTER HAS 299.3 TSO AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. DURING THE TIMES THE STARTER HAD PROBLEMS, THE RING GEAR SOM
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