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 DJFA20170312001Starter Gen · failedDIVERTED DUE TO A BANG AND VIBRATION IN FLIGHT, FOLLOWED BY LT GENERATOR GOING OFFLINE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LT ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR WITH NEW. OPS CHECKS NORMAL PER AMM 24-31-01. PERFORMED FIM 24-31-00-810-829-A NO DEFECTS NOTESDR ASAA2017011819446Starter Gen · failedAPU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING APU START. ATTEMPTED TWO STARTS WITH SAME RESULTS, ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED & REPLACED APU STARTER-GENERATOR, IAW AMM 49-41-21. OPS & LEAK CHECK GOOD IN ADDITION TO MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG. APU GEN VOLTSSDR ASAA2017011819445Starter Gen · failedCREW REPORTED APU GENERATOR WILL NOT COME ONLINE AND NO VOLTS OR FREQS SHOW. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED & REPLACED APU STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 49-41-21. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD . APU GEN VOLTS/FREQUENCIES FAULT LIGHT GOOD.SDR QMLA2017122517001Starter Gen · failedAFTER TAKE OFF, ENROUTE THE PILOT NOTICED THE FUEL PRESSURE INDICATION WAS DECREASING AS WELL AS THE BATTERY VOLTAGE INDICATION ON THE VEMD. DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD. SHORTLY AFTER INITIAL DECENT FOR THE APPROACH, THE VEMD SHUTDOWN. NSDR 2016FA0000631Starter Gen · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE NR 1 ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR,SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.SDR K5SR2016T27895Starter Gen · malfunctionedDURING NR 2 ENGINE START, THE STARTER GENERATOR AUTOMATIC CUTOUT FEATURE WHICH IS TO OCCUR AT 60 PERCENT N2 DID WORK. PILOT HAD TO MANUALLY DE-SELECT STARTER GENERATOR FROM OPERATING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STARTER GENERATOR. OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.SDR COEA2016110101960Starter Gen · faultedDURING CLIMB OUT, THE STARTER ENERGIZED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING AND WIRE INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND GENERATOR FIELD GIVING OFF RESIDUAL CURRENT. REPLACED STARTER GENSDR AALA201609229006Generator · leakingDURING TAXI FROM GATE CREW NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR. COCKPIT ADVISED IT WAS EXHAUST FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN LINE IN FRONT OF THEM. COULD STILL SMELL ODOR 45 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF. ODOR RETURN UPON DECENT AND CONTINUED THROUGH DEPLANING. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. WHSDR 9JLA201610209212Starter Gen · defectiveTHE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AMBER "LT GEN OFF" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. NO FREQUENCY OR VOLTS INDICATED, CHECKLIST PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESET GENERATOR. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND THAT THE NR 1 STARTER/GEN WAS DEFESDR 9JLA201609309212Starter Gen · defectiveTHE CREW REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT THAT THE AMBER "LEFT GENERATOR OFF" WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. NO FREQS OF VOLTS INDICATED. THE CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESET THE GENERATOR. THE FLIGHT RETURNED FOR LANDING AND RESDR DJFA20160811001Starter Gen · failedDECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE NR 2 GENERATOR FAILING IN FLIGHT WITH AN ASSOCIATED VIBRATION AND LOUD NOISE. CONDUCTED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE NR 2 ENGINE AS DIRECTED BY QRH PROCEDURE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR ON NR 2 ENGINSDR 2016FA0000136Starter Gen · failedRIGHT STARTER GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT, ACFT RETURNED TO BASE REMOVED RT STARTER GENERATOR AND FOUND THE FORWARD BEARING NEXT TO THE COOLING FAN FAILED.SDR CA160215002Brushes · failed(CAN) GENERATOR WENT OFFLINE, ARCING FOUND ON BRUSHES. BRUSHES HAD APPROX. 25% LIFE REMAINING. STARTER/GEN REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT CHECKED SERVICEABLE. RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA160224006Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CREW EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THE LT ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR WOULD COME OFFLINE, ILLUMINATING THE LT GEN OFF LIGHT. LT ENGINE GENERATOR WAS RESET, AND CAME BACK ONLINE EACH TIME. THE LT ENGINE LOWER COWL WAS OSDR CA160212008Starter Gen · loose(CAN) DURING WORK ON AIRCRAFT THE STARTER WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE. THE MOTOR HOUSING WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE DRIVE BY TWO BOLTS, WAS WORKING LOOSE. THE BOLTS ARE SECURED BY LOCK TABS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE BOLTS HAD COME LOOSE.SDR 2016FA0000217Bearing · failedA SAFRAN 23291-006, STARTER GENERATOR, SN 98021 HAD AN IN FLIGHT FAILURE OF THE ANTI-DRIVE END BEARING NECESSITATING AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN. INSPECTION REVEALED THE FAILED BEARING WAS MARKED PMA EH03-6010-19 ON THE INNER RING. THE DRIVE END WAS THE SAME PMA BEARINSDR IMJA20160215001Starter Gen · failedENROUTE, THE LT GEN FAILED, WITH PERCEPTIBLE VIBRATION. SECURED THE GEN & CONTINUED THE FLIGHT. WHILE ON APPROACH, AS POWER WAS REDUCED, THE LT ENG FAILED. DECLARED AN EMER. THE LANDING & TAXI TO THE RAMP WAS UNEVENTFUL & REQUIRED NO EMER ASSISTANCE. A CRSDR CA160129007Nut · loose(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED FUEL PUMP INSPECTION, THE STARTER GENERATOR AS BEEN REMOVED TO GIVE MORE ACCESS TO THE ENGINE FUEL PUMP. THE MECHANIC DISCOVER THAT SOME OF THE STARTER FRONT PLATE RETAINING SCREW WHERE LOOSE. THE STARTER SHAFT HOLDING NUT WAS FOUND SDR 7C7A20160120003Starter Gen · malfunctionedNORMAL NR 2 ENG START, EXTERNAL POWER, BATTERY OBSERVED WITH INCREASING TEMP & NR 2 GCU OFFLINE. ENG SHUTDOWN DUE TO HOT BATTERY. SPARKS OBSERVED OUT OF NR 2 COWLING, ACFT EVACUATED. R & R NR 2 STARTER GENERATOR. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA160119017Brushes · failed(CAN) UPON RETURN FROM A MISSION, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE RT GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE DURING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT CREW CARRIED OUT GENERATOR RESET AND THE GENERATOR CAME BACK ON LINE AND WORKED OK. MAINTENANCE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE GENERATOR WIRING, SDR 5BSR2016FA0000051Starter Gen · failedUPON ARRIVAL, THE LT ENGINE COWLING WAS OPENED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE STARTER/GENERATOR, PN 400SG138Q-2, CASING SHOWED SIGNS OF EXTERNAL MECHANICAL DISTRESS WITH MELTED METAL PARTS IN LOWER COWLING. ALSO FOUND FUEL LINE, PN 30B2122, FROM FUEL FLOW TRASDR HYIA20151231001Starter Gen · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT. R & R WITH NEW ENG STARTER GEN IAW MM CH 80-10-00 LEAK & OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD.SDR ASAA2015121314230Starter Gen · failedAFTER LANDING, STARTED APU WITH NO VOLTS OR FREQUENCY INDICATIONS. AFTER BLOCK IN, GROUND POWER DROPPED OFFLINE AND SHOWED VOLTS/FREQUENCY AND ACCEPTED POWER ON NR 1 TRANSFER BUSS. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 49-41-21-000-801 AND 49-4SDR HNAA2015111900342Starter Gen · failedNR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. R & R NR 2 START GENERATOR. IAW WC 24-30-02R. OPS AND LEAKED GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE.SDR 9JLA2015121112107Spline Adapter · brokenTHE CREW REPORTED THAT DURING APU START, IT FAILED TO START. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER & GEN DRIVE ADAPTER WAS BROKEN. THE DRIVE ADAPTER WAS REPLACED WITH NEW, PN 3861055-1. OPERATIONS CHECKED OK. APU 1561.5 TT 2032 TC.SDR QMLA2015101315099Starter Gen · failedAPPROX 25 MINUTES INTO A 35 MINUTE FLIGHT, THE MASTER CAUTION FUEL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CROSS CHECKED THE INSTRUMENTS & ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. BRIEFED CREW THAT WE HAD LOST A FUEL BOOST PUMP. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE ACFT INTERIOR LIGHTING BEGSDR ON0A2015FA0000542Starter Gen · failedLEFT ENGINE GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT, CREW RECEIVED GENERATOR FAIL CAS AND FELT VIBRATION THROUGH THE AIRFRAME.SDR CA151215015Seal · leaking(CAN) DURING A FERRY FLIGHT WHILE IN CRUISE, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE RT ENGINE CAME ON. AFTER FOLLOWING THE FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED EXTERNASDR SIMA20150929003Battery · dischargedBACK UP BATTERY SUPPLY HAS LOW VOLTAGE. R & R BACK UP BATTERY IAW AMM 24-35-01. OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA150929013Shaft · sheared(CAN) STARTER GENERATOR SHAFT SHEARED IN FLIGHT UNDER NORMAL LOADS CAUSING LOSS OF DC POWER GENERATION. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE UNEVENTFULLY.SDR CA150916007Bearing · failed(CAN) NR 1 DC GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT AFTER BEING IN SERVICE ON WING FOR 555.33 HOURS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LH ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR ABNORMALLY HOT AND HAD AN ELECTRICAL SMELL. GENERATOR REPLACED AND TESTED OK. ONCE THE REMOVED FAILED STSDR U5QA201509090070Starter Gen · faultyDIVERT DUE TO VIBRATION FELT IN RT ENG. R & R RT STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-30-01. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA150902007Drive Shaft · damaged(CAN) STARTER WAS SENT IN FOR 900 HR O/H WITH THE DRIVESHAFT FAILING NDT FOR FLAWS AT THE SHEAR POINT. THIS ACFT IS MODIFIED IAW STC SR01647SE TO INSTALL ENGINE.SDR CA150825011Drive Shaft · failed(CAN) THE NR 1 ENGINE FAILED TO START DURING PUSHBACK AND THE CREW RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE STARTER DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED, REPLACED THE STARTER ASSEMBLY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AFFECTED STARTER HAD BEEN INSTALLED THE EVESDR 2015FA0000328Starter Gen · damagedON NORMAL ENGINE START THE STARTER/GENERATOR WAS INTERMITTENT AT DISENGAGING STARTER AND AUTOMATICALLY GOING INTO GENERATE MODE. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUE FOUND THE V-BAND CLAMP BOLT WAS BROKEN BUT THE V-BAND SAFETY WIRING WAS STILL INTACT. AFTER REMOVAL OFSDR CA150720007Commutator · failed(CAN) IN CRUISE, NR 1, DC GENERATOR, CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT STARTER/GENERATOR WAS HARD TO TURN. THIS UNIT WAS JUST O/H 11.9 TSO AND O/H FACILITY CONFIRMED THAT 1 BAR OF THE COMMUTATOR LIFTED.SDR CA150717003Brushes · unsecure(CAN) CLIP, ATTACHING THE WIRE TO THE BRUSH SET IS HELD TOGETHER WITH A RIVET. THE RIVET HEAD BROKE CAUSING A BAD CONTACT CREATING NOISE IN THE PILOTS HEADSET.SDR O2GA2015070680001Starter Gen · defectiveWHEN LT ENG START SWITCH WAS PLACED INTO, IGNITION & ENG START POSITION, NO N1 ROTATION WAS OBSERVED & VOLTAGE ON THE VOLTAGE SELECTOR DROPPED TO ZERO. APPROX THREE SECONDS INTO THE START SEQUENCE, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED BELLOWING OUT FROM TOP OF ENG COWL VENT. SDR CA150629013Commutator · worn(CAN) NR 2 ENG WILL NOT TURN WITH STARTER. COMMUTATER IN STARTER WORN & PITTED.SDR O2GA2015062483701Starter Gen · inoperativeAT FL 260, RT DC GEN, CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. RAN QRH, RT GEN DID NOT RESET. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES & TURNED RT GEN OFF & REDUCED LOAD. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. REPLACED THE RT STARTER GEN SYS. OPERATIONAL CHECK WERE GOOD. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 29GA2015061200001Starter Gen · inoperativeAFTER TAKEOFF, RT GENERATOR DROPPED OFFLINE. REPLACED RT DC STARTER GENERATOR AND DC GCU. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA150608010Bearing · failed(CAN) BEARING FAILURE IN STARTER GENERATOR ON FAN SIDE.SDR 9JLA2015121114958Adapter · brokenDURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO START THE APU, BUT THEY REPORTED THAT IT FAILED TO START. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER & GENERATOR DRIVE ADAPTER WAS BROKEN, PN 3861055-1. OPERATIONS CHECKED OK.SDR CA150604013Starter Gen · failed(CAN) TRANSCRIBED FROM PILOT REPORT. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES WE HAD A NR 1 DC GEN CAUTION LIGHT. PULLED OUT THE QRH & ACTIONED THE CHECKLIST AS THE FO WAS PILOT FLYING. THE NR 1 DC GEN CAUTION LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH WITH THE GEN RESETSDR CA150601007Drive Assy · broken(CAN) HELICOPTER OPERATOR DETECTED ENGINE VIBRATION. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THE STARTER WAS THE CAUSE. ST/GEN RECEIVED BY O/H AMO FOR INSPECTION/REPAIRS. FOUND THE DRIVE END, ENDBELL BEARING LINER HAS BROKEN LOOSE IN ITS ENDBELL CASTING. BEARING LINER RSDR CA150608005Bracket · broken(CAN) DURING DAILY INSPECTION BROKEN BRACKET WAS DISCOVERED.SDR CA150508010Dampener · dislodged(CAN) DURING A DAILY INSPECTION, STARTER GENERATOR DAMPENING PLATE WAS DISCOVERED PROTRUDING OUT BETWEEN THE 2 METAL DISCS ALONG SHAFT.SDR SFOA20150424001Starter Gen · failedDURING CLIMB OUT THE RT GEN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED & NO OUTPUT WAS OBSERVED ON THE AMMETER. CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED & THE ACFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT & THE ACFT WAS TURNED OVER TO MX. INITIAL INVESTIGATION NOTED THASDR CA150416001Shaft · sheared(CAN) WHEN STARTER BUTTON WAS PUSHED TO INITIATE START, THE STARTER SPOOLED UP BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN. THE STARTER WAS THEN REMOVED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE SHAFT HAD SHEARED.SDR QXEA2015041400203Starter Gen · malfunctionedON TAKEOFF ROLLOUT, THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT MASTER CAUTION LIGHT. AT ACCELERATION HEIGHT, THE NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE E/A CHECKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ISSUE DID NOT RETURN. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. PERFORMED FIM
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