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"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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 CA990125009Generator · failed(CAN) AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, NR 1 STARTER/GENERATOR VOLTMETER INDICATED ERRATIC INDICATIONS THEN WENT TO ZERO. GENERATOR SELECTED OFF. ON RETURN LEG, GENERATOR FAILED. COMMUTATOR SEGMENT FOUND BROKEN OFF AND HAD DESTROYED ALL BRUSH ASSEMBLIES.SDR HEEA059987Starter · malfunctonedSTARTER WILL NOT MOTOR AND GENERATOR LIGHT CAME ON IN-FLIGHT. INSPECTED BY ACCESSORY OVERHAUL SHOP AND FOUND BRUSHES EXCESSIVELY WORN AND COMMUTATOR PITTED AND SCARRED. OVERHAULED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA990311011Bearing · corroded(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, WHEN PROP WAS TURNED, GRINDING NOISES COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE STARTER OR STARTER ADAPTER. IT WAS CONCLUDED STARTER ADAPTER WAS NOT DISENGAGING. THE STARTER AND STARTER ADAPTER WERE REPLACED,TESTED SERVICEABLE AND AIRCRAFT RETURSDR 99ZZZX783Bearing · corrodedBEARING REJECTED NEW OUT-OF BOX. EXCESSIVE CORROSION. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT, CORRECTED PROBLEM.SDR 99ZZZX782Bearing · corrodedBEARING REJECTED NEW OUT-OF-BOX. EXCESSIVE CORROSION. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT, CORRECTED PROBLEM.SDR 99ZZZX781Bearing · corrodedBEARING REJECTED NEW OUT-OF-BOX. EXCESSIVE CORROSION. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT, CORRECTED PROBLEM.SDR 99ZZZX780Bearing · corrodedCLUTCH BEARING REJECTED NEW OUT-OF-BOX. EXCESSIVE CORROSION. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT, CORRECTED PROBLEM.SDR RAIA990110Starter/Gen · failedSAN - FLT 4710 - VIBRATION FELT IN-FLIGHT CONTROLS, SUSPECT RT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RT ENGINE STARTER. (X)SDR CA990119045Generator · contaminated(CAN) GENERATOR U/S. NO START FUNCTION AFTER LANDING. COMMUTATOR CONTAMINATED WITH OIL AND HAD SHORTED.SDR 99ZZZX244Starter · malfunctionedENGINE STARTER SEALS FAILED PREMATURELY. REMOVED AND REPLACED.SDR HEEA059896Brushes · wornSTARTER/GENERATOR HAD EXCESSIVELY WORN BRUSHES. REPAIRED.SDR CA990111009Brushes · worn(CAN) BRUSHES WORN IN JUST 100 HOURS TIME IN-SERVICE THE FIRST TIME. THEN REPAIRED AND WORN IN 76 HOURS THE SECOND TIME. BRUSH HOLDER END BELL ASSY INCORRECTLY RIGGED CAUSING A HIGH FIELD CURRENT.SDR CA981230027Bearing · failed(CAN) EN ROUTE, PILOT NOTED VIBRATION AND NOISE FROM RT ENGINE, ENGINE SECURED AND EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT LANDED OK. RT ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR BEARING FAILURE. REPLACED. PART TC: 618.SDR CA990111059Generator · overheated(CAN) GENERATOR LIGHT ON IN-FLIGHT. NO STARTER FUNCTION AFTER LANDING. BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL AT GENERATOR. REPLACED GENERATOR.SDR CA981230061Bearing · failed(CAN) STARTER/GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ON IN CLIMB. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR.SDR HEEA0016866Starter · failedDURING 250 HOUR INSPECTION, FAILED CLUTCH SLIPPAGE TORQUE TEST. BREAKAWAY WAS AT AROUND 450 INCH/POUNDS, LIMITS ARE 325 TO 375 INCH/POUNDS.SDR CA990111016Bearing · failed(CAN) GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON-LINE. ARMATURE BEARING AT THE ANTI-DRIVE END HAD DISINTEGRATED. BALL CAGE AND OUTER SEAL WERE MISSING AND THE ARMATURE WAS CONTAINED ONLY BY STATOR HOUSING. CAGE AND SEAL PIECES WERE FOUND EMBEDDED IN ARMATURE AND FIELD COISDR CA981230058Nut · loose(CAN) FLIGHT CREW SNAGGED NR 2 GENERATOR AS HARD TO GET ON-LINE. DURING INVESTIGATION, AND RUN-UP, SPARKS WERE NOTICED COMING OUT OF THE 'D' NOSE PANEL ADJACENT TO NACELLE. RIGHT HAND FIREWALL DISCONNECT STUD NUT WAS NOT SECURE AND THE CABLE WAS VERY LOOSE CSDR HEEA0016833Generator · failedSTARTER/GENERATOR HAS FLAT SPOT AND WILL NOT ENERGIZE.SDR CA990310071Bearing · wrong part(CAN) THE BEARING REMOVED FROM THE UNIT WAS OF LOWER QUALITY THAN OEM USES AND THE WRONG MANUFACTURER. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS AN UNAPPROVED BEARING.SDR CA990310070Bearing · wrong part(CAN) THE BEARING REMOVED FROM THE UNIT WAS MADE BY SKF. OEM DOES NOT USE SKF BEARINGS. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS AN UNAPPROVED BEARING.SDR CA981202018Brushes · worn(CAN) CREW REPORTED AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE STARTER/GENERATOR FOUND THREE SETS OF BRUSHES WORN BELOW WEAR INDICATOR MARK AND ONE SET AT 1/2 LIFE. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. PROBLEM ATTRIBUTED TO ELECTRICAL ARCSDR CA990310069Bearing · wrong part(CAN) THE OEM USES BARDEN BEARINGS WITH THE LOGO AND THE PART NUMBER STAMPED ON. THE BEARINGS FOUND IN THIS UNIT WERE COMMERCIAL FAFNIR BEARINGS. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS AN UNAPPROVED PART.SDR ASOA98103Start/Generator · failedON CLIMB-OUT DFW-TUL, RIGHT MAIN GENERATOR FAILED AND CREW NOTICED ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO DFW WHERE LANDING WAS MADE SAFELY AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DFW MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT MAIN GENERATOR ANSDR 98ZZZX4685Start/Gen · failedON TAKEOFF ROTATION, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT GENERATOR OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH LOSS OF COMMUNICATION AND VARIOUS LIGHTS AND INSTRUMENTS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH THE AID OF LIGHTS FROM THSDR CA981130018Generator · seized(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, LEFT GENERATOR CAME OFF-LINE, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESET WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS CHANGED TO FACILITATE FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. ON STARTING LEFT ENGINE, IT WAS NOTICED THERE WAS NO STARTER ROTATION AND AN UNUSUALSDR CA981123023Contactor · stuck(CAN) SMOKE SMELL IN FLIGHT DECK AFTER NR 1 ENGINE WAS STARTED. FOUND THE START CONTACTOR WELDED SHUT, WHICH CAUSED THE STARTER TO CONTINUE RUNNING AND OVERHEAT.SDR 98ZZZX4571Shaft Gear · brokenGEARS ON SHAFT GEAR BROKEN OFF WHICH CAUSED SHAFT GEAR TO DAMAGE CASE WHERE PILOT BEARING GOES.SDR CA981123006Shaft · wrong part(CAN) DRIVE SHAFT FOUND IN THE STARTER/GENERATOR AT BLOCK 8 IS AN UNAPPROVED PART. OTHERWISE, THE SHAFT IS SERVICEABLE (SUBJECT TO MPI) FOR USE IN OTHER MODELS OF THE 23048 SERIES STARTER/GENERATORS. THE SHAFT IN QUESTION IS A PMA PART. THE MANUFACTURER CONCSDR VTZA98331Start Generator · failedFLT 6348 - IAD-GSO - DURING CLIMB, AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO RIGHT GENERATOR FAILED. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND RETURNED TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT STARTER GENERATOR, OPS CHECKED OK. AIRSDR HEEA0016778Brushes · wornBRUSHES WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN AND BURNT ON EDGES.SDR HEEA0016697Starter · failedSTARTER/GENERATOR DOES NOT START.SDR HEEA0016696Starter · failedSTARTER WOULD NOT MOTOR ENGINE.SDR 99ZZZX682Generator · failedGENERATOR FAILED DURING RETURN TRIP HOME. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR AND FINISHED FLIGHT. THE CAUSE OF THE GENERATOR FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS YET.SDR CA981123016Bearing · failed(CAN) STARTER CLUTCH OUTSIDE BEARING BLOWN CAUSING SEAL DAMAGE AND OIL LEAK.SDR HEEA0016636Starter · inoperativeSTARTER/GENERATOR INOPERATIVE.SDR HEEA0016635Brushes · wornSTARTER/GENERATOR BRUSHES WORN BEYOND LIMITS.SDR 98ZZZM963Starter · failedSEVERE VIBRATION NOTED AND ISOLATED TO THE NR 3 GENERATOR. CREW SELECTED GENERATOR OFF, REDUCED NUMBER 3 ENGINE TO IDLE, GENERATOR CONTINUED TO VIBRATE, SHUTDOWN NR 3 ENGINE AS A PRECAUTION, VIBRATION CEASED. AIRCRAFT THEN DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. SDR 98ZZZM940Starter/Gsu · failedSEVERE VIBRATION NOTED AND ISOLATED TO THE NR 3 GENERATOR. CREW SELECTED GENERATOR OFF, REDUCED NR 3 ENGINE TO IDLE, GENERATOR CONTINUED TO VIBRATE. SHUT DOWN NR 3 ENGINE AS A PRECAUTION, VIBRATION CEASED. AIRCRAFT THEN DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. (MSDR HEEA0016524Starter · failedSTARTER WILL NOT ENGAGE ENGINE.SDR HEEA0016523Starter · failedSTARTER/GENERATOR FAILS TO MOTOR, DUE OVERHAUL.SDR AU981490Start/Gen · failed(AUS) STARTER/GENERATOR WENT OFF-LINE AND COULD NOT BE RESET. SUSPECT BRUSH END BEARING FAILED ALLOWING THE ROTOR TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE STATOR.SDR HEEA0016476Starter Gen · inoperativeGENERATOR IS INOPERATIVE AND STARTER IS DRAGGING.SDR CA981109011Dampener · cracked(CAN) STARTER/GENERATOR IN SHOP FOR REPAIR WAS FOUND TO HAVE WRONG DAMPENER BACKPLATE INSTALLED CAUSING INSUFFICIENT SPRING PRELOAD WHICH RESULTED IN EXCESS WEAR ON THE SPLINED HUB, DAMPENER PLATE, AND SHAFT SPLINE.SDR HEEA0016410Generator · failedSTARTER/GENERATOR WILL NOT COME ON-LINE.SDR HEEA0016366Starter · failedSTARTER WILL NOT CROSS START.SDR HEEA0016358Clutch · failedFAILS CLUTCH TORQUE SLIPPAGE TEST OVER 400 INCHES/POUNDS.SDR HEEA0016357Clutch · failedCLUTCH SLIPPAGE EXCEED LIMITS.SDR HEEA0016352Starter · malfunctionedSTARTER/GENERATOR SLOW TO START AND 250 HOUR INSPECTION DUE.SDR HEEA0016341Starter · failedSTARTER CLUTCH IS SLIPPING.
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