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 CA150413005Shaft · sheared(CAN) STARTER GENERATOR SHEARED SHAFT ON INITIATION OF START.SDR CA150421002Starter Gen · failed(CAN) SPECIFIC PART CAUSING DIFFICULTY: STARTER GENERATOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR. STARTER GENERATOR WENT OFFLINE. REMOVED BOTH STARTER GENERATOR & VOLTAGE REGULATOR & REPLACED WITH IDENTICAL PN SERVICEABLE PORTS.SDR 1MLR20150407002Starter Gen · wornNUMBER 2 ENG VIBRATE AFTER TAKEOFF. UPON REMOVING STARTER & GEN NOTICED THE COOLING FAN LOOSE & WOBBLY, BEARING FAILED. FWD END SHAFT IS COMPLETELY STRIPPED & MISSING NUT. PN 6608458-005.SDR CA150408002Starter Gen · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RT ENGINE GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE CAUSING SOME EQUIPMENT IN THE ACFT TO SHUTDOWN. NO VIBRATION OR ABNORMAL SOUND OR OPERATION WAS NOTED. DURING SLOW ACCELERATION OF THE ENGINES, THE NR 2 ENGINE STARTED TO RESPOND THEN THE TORQUE ASDR QMLA2015031815018Starter Gen · damagedWHILE ACFT WAS IN FLIGHT WITH A PATIENT ABOARD, PILOT NOTICED A GRADUAL LOSS OF VOLTAGE & AMPERAGE. AFTER SHEDDING SECONDARY ELEC EQUIP, VOLTAGE & AMPERAGE CONTINUED TO DECREASE WHILE A GEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING FINAL DESCENT ON TO A MALL PARKING LOT. REMSDR CA150311003Starter Gen · failed(CAN) LEFT DC GEN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. ACFT DIVERTED TO MX BASE FOR EVALUATION. STARTER GEN FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE, BEARING FAILURE. GEN SPLINES INSPECTED IAW MM 24-30-01 & MM 72-00-00 SECTION 12. NO EVIDENCE OF ELEC DISCHARGE DAMAGE EVIDESDR CA150527010Stator · wrong part(CAN) THIS SDR IS TO REPORT AN UNAPPROVED PART THAT WAS INSTALLED ON A STARTER GENERATOR THAT FAILED IN FLIGHT. THE STARTER GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT ON THE LT ENG & WAS REMOVED ON 28 FEB 2015. DETAILS OF THE EVENT WILL HAVE TO COME FROM THE OPERATOR. THE SDR DJFA20150209001Starter Gen · failedAIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A RIGHT GENERATOR FAIL IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. ON DESCENT FROM ALTITUDE, APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AFTER REDUCING TLA TO IDLE, RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN UNCOMMANDED. AN EMER WAS DECLARED, ACFT LANDED WITH ONE ENG OPERATIVE. THE STARSDR CA150205012Starter Gen · failed(CAN) STARTER WOULDN`T OPERATE DURING ATTEMPTED START. STARTER REPLACED, DEFECT RECTIFIED.SDR LJES2015FA0000055Starter Gen · failedDURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE RT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN TO PRACTICE INFLIGHT ENGINE RESTARTS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE RT ENGINE FAILED TO START. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE INSTRUCTOR MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. UPON COMPLETION OF A RT ENGINE INSPECTISDR DBCA201501030001Starter Gen · failedENROUTE THE CREW NOTED A VIBRATION & HAD A LT GENERATOR FAIL MESSAGE SHORTLY AFTER. DIVERTED, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. REPLACED LT STARTER GEN. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA141218019Starter Gen · failed(CAN) THE STARTER GENERATOR FAILED ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2014 WITH 429.5 HOURS ON IT SINCE OVERHAUL. OPERATOR ESTABLISHED STARTER GENERATOR OH TIMES FOR THE 208B STARTER GENS IS 1200 HOURS. LAST OVERHAUL WAS CARRIED OUT 10/25/2013.SDR CA141218018Starter Gen · failed(CAN) THE RIGHT STARTER GENERATOR FAILED ON DECEMBER 17TH 2014 WITH ONLY 399.6 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. THE OVERHAUL INTERVAL FOR THESE STARTER GENS, OPERATOR ESTABLISHED OH TIME, IS 1000 HRS. THE LAST OVERHAUL WAS COMPLETED 06/18/2013.SDR SIMA20141215001Starter Gen · failedTAXING FOR DEPARTURE WITH NR 2 ENGINE RUNNING & APU ON, A BURNING ODOR WAS OBSERVED ON THE FLIGHT DECK. AFTER DECIDING TO RETURN TO THE GATE, THE ODOR INTENSIFIED & WAS VERY STRONG IN THE CABIN & THE FLIGHT DECK. GROUND PERSONNEL SIGNALED TO SHUTDOWN & OBSERSDR SWIA201439886Starter Gen · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, CREW LOST LT STARTER GENERATOR WITH A VIBRATION FELT IN THE LT THROTTLE. R & R GARLOC SEAL AND STARTER GENERATOR. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR JJBA20141105002Starter Gen · failedWHILE PARKED AT THE GATE & STARTING NR 1 ENGINE THEY HAD A GENERATOR BUSS FAULT. SHUT ENGINE DOWN, NOTICED SPARK & SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEY BLEW BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. REPLACED THE NR 1 STARTER GEN & OPERATION CHECKED SATISFACTORY.SDR CA141022008Bolt · missing(CAN) DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING OF THE #2 ENGINE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT A HEX BOLT WAS MISSING FROM THE #2 STARTER WHERE THE DRIVE END ASSEMBLY JOINS THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THE MISSING BOLT WAS REPLACED AND THE REMAINDER OF THE HEX BOLTS ON THE #2 STARTER WERESDR CA141007002Starter Gen · engaged(CAN) PILOT REPORT LOSS OF POWER AFTER REDUCING POWER FOR DECENT AFTER REDUCING TO 1500 RPM FOR DESCENT THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE AT 1100 RPM. HE ADDED POWER WITH NO AFFECT. PILOT IS UNSURE IF THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN IN FIELD ASDR DXTA2014091905887Starter Gen · malfunctionedWHILE LOADING PAX AND BAGS WE NOTICED AN UNUSUAL NOISE COMING FROM THE APU AREA. IT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY LOUD VACUUM CLEANER CYCLING OFF AND ON EVERY 5 TO 15 SECONDS. AFTER WE HEARD THE NOISE - THE APU GENERATOR FELL OFF LINE. WE TRIED TO RESET THE GENERATORSDR CA140915001Starter Gen · failed(CAN) WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE NR 2 GENERATOR FAILED. THEY RETURNED TO BASE. MAINTENANCE R & R THE NR 2 STARTER/GENERATOR WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. ACFT GROUND RUNS CARRIED OUT AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140915014Starter Gen · failed(CAN) NR 2 ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR FAILED DURING FLIGHT AND WAS CASUING ENGINE VIBRATION. UPON INSPECTION FOLLOWING REMOVAL THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE INTERNAL BEARING FAILURE CAUSING THE VIBRATION.SDR CA140909008Bearing · failedAFTER START, RT DC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GENERATOR RESET IAW QRH ON CLIMB. CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. RT GENERATOR SWITCH SET TO THE OFF POSITION. MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 2 DC GENERATOR HAD INTERNAL FAILURE. DC GENERATOR REPLACED, GROUND SDR FVAA2014090300150Clamp · brokenDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A GENERATOR FAIL ANNUNCIATION AND A STBY PWR ON ANNUNCIATION. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE STBY PWR FAIL ANNUNCIATION ILLUMINATED AS WELL, AND THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND SHUTDOWN ASDR 2014FA0000574Adapter · damagedSTARTER ADAPTER HAS THREE MISSING TEETH AND A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE CRANK SHAFT GEAR.SDR ASAA2014081908893Starter Gen · failedAPU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER START. SHUTDOWN APU. FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT. TRIED SECOND START, SAME OCCURANCE. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R APU STARTER GENERATOR REF MM 49-41-21. STARTER GENERATOR INSTALLATION TEST CHECKS GOOD. LEAK CHECKED GOOD. APU BITE CHESDR QMLA2014072314089Starter Gen · failedUNUSUAL SMELL AS RETURNING TO BASE FOLLOWING A BASE TRANSFER. MADE DECISION TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE TURN EXECUTED TO NAVIGATE TO THE AIRPORT PUT THEM IN HEAVY RAIN WHICH DIMINISHED VISIBILITY. AT THIS TIME HE NOTICED A FUEL P LIGHT ILLUMINATE ONSDR CA140724011Armature · shorted(CAN) WHILE BUCKETING WATER, PILOT SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING AND THE GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LANDED. NOTICED BURNED GROUND WIRE BETWEEN STARTER GEN AND FIREWALL GROUND LUG. NEW STARTER GEN INSTALLED, NO DEFECTS NOTED. SENT FAILED STARTER GEN TO ASDR 9JLA2014072107461Starter Gen · defectiveTHE CREW REPORTED DURING THE RT ENG START THE ENG STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN THE START BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED. TROUBLE SHOT THE NR 2 BY VERIFYING VOLTAGES AT THE STARTER TERMINAL WITH START BUTTON ENGAGED. FOUND THE NR 2 STARTER & GEN DEFECTIVE. REMOVED THESDR CA140627006Starter Gen · inoperative(CAN) AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START RT ENGINE, A SMALL NOISE OCCURRED BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT ROTATE, MUCH LESS START.SDR ASOA20140611082Starter Gen · failedTHE CREW REPORTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN WITH VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WITH EVIDENCE OF AN APU FIRE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ACFT, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF APU FIRE OR DAMAGE, FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE APU STARTER GENERSDR CA140624002Starter Gen · misinstalled(CAN) DURING A SCHEDULED DC STARTER GENERATOR REPLACEMENT 1 OF THE TERMINAL LEADS WAS NOT SECURED COMPLETELY DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE REPLACEMENT STARTER GEN. BECAUSE THE LOOSE LEAD WAS NOT DETECTED BEFORE THE FUNCTIONAL TEST IT CAUSED THE TERMINAL TO ASDR CA140603006Bearing · misinstalled(CAN) ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER A LT DC GENERATOR FAILURE IN FLIGHT. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT CONTINUED ON ITS INTENDED ROUTE. ON RECEIPT OF THE TEAR-DOWN REPORT, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LAST O/H COMPLETED HAD THE BEARINGS INSTALLED INSDR CA140602036Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING INITIAL DESCENT, ALL COCKPIT DISPLAYS & INSTRUMENTS STARTED FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY. BUS 1 FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. BOTH ENGINES STARTED FLUCTUATING, POWER CHANGES WERE FELT BY THE CREW. EMERGENCY DECLARED, VISUAL LANDING CARRIED OUT, BOTH ENGINES RUSDR QMLA2014042314041Starter Gen · faultyGENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. RESET OF GENERATOR EXTINGUISHED THE CAUTION LIGHT. FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY TO HOME BASE. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REPLACED & THIS ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140423013Shaft · broken(CAN) THE STARTER GENERATOR DRIVESHAFT, BROKE INFLIGHT ILLUMINATING GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT ON CAUTION PANEL.SDR ABFA2014022800001Starter Gen · failedNR 2 ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR HAD A CATASTROPHIC BEARING FAILURE, ON THE FRONT SHAFT MOUNT OF THE STARTER/GENERATOR. THIS CAUSED A PRONOUNCED ENGINE VIBRATION ON THE NR 2 ENGINE, PROMPTING THE FLIGHT CREW TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN IN FLIGHT. COMPONENT WAS O/H,SDR CA140522014Starter Gen · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORT, AFTER ACFT BOARDED AND AN ATTEMPTED APU START MADE A CHECK FIRE DETECT WARNING WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A GEN OVERHEAT ADVISORY LIGHT. FUMES AND SMOKE FROM THE APU AREA WERE CONFIRMED. NO APU FIRE ADVISORY WAS PRESENT. ACFT WAS DE-POWEREDSDR CA140409003Starter Gen · failed(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS INTO CRUISE FLIGHT, RT GENERATOR OFF WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ATTEMPTED TO RESET RT GENERATOR IAW ACFT FLIGHT MANUAL WITH NO RESULTS. RIGHT GENERATOR SYS DEACTIVATED IAW FLIGHT MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING AFTER FLIGHT FOUND RT STARTSDR DXTA2014031705689Starter Gen · failedDURING CRUISE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 410, RECEIVED AN AMBER DC GENERATOR OFF LIGHT & AN AMBER DC EMERGENCY BUSS LIGHT, CAS MESSAGE. LOST THE NR 1 DISPLAY UNIT, THE NR 3 DISPLAY UNIT & LOST THE FLAPS & AUTOPILOT. CHECKLIST INDICATED A GENERATOR OVER CURRENT WAS AT FSDR CA140306005Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING ENGINE START THE LT STARTER GENERATOR WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER START CYCLE WAS COMPLETE, ON SHUTDOWN A RUMBLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM ENGINE. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REMOVED AND FOUND THAT THE STARTER GENERATOR INPUT SHAFT WAS LOOSE IN THE STARTSDR CA140304007Bearing · failed(CAN) AN ENGINE VIBRATION WAS NOTICED BY PILOT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THAT GOT WORSE AFTER LANDING. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE VIBRATION AND BLACK EXHAUST STAIN FROM ST/GEN EXHAUST PORT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE FAILURE OF THE STARTER/GENERATOR`S REAR BEARING. THESDR EBVR20140228001Spring · misinstalledDURING A 450 HOUR BRUSH CHECK OF THE STARTER GENERATOR, FOUND THAT THE BRUSH HOLDER SPRINGS WERE INPROPERLY INSTALLED CAUSING UNEVEN WEAR OF A SINGLE BRUSH SET.SDR CA140212005Shaft · sheared(CAN) NR 1 DC GENERATOR CAUTION IN CLIMB. CREW RESET THE SW. MESSAGE CLEARED MOMENTARLY BUT RETURNED. DC STARTER/GENERATION SYSTEMS, NR 1 STARTER GEN. REPLACED IAW AMM 24-31-01. OPS AND FUNCTION CHECK OF STARTER/GEN CARRIED OUT. NO FAULTS FOUND. LEAK CHESDR BKER2014001Starter Gen · defectiveLEFT ENG ABORTED START DUE TO HIGH ITT & NO N1. SECOND START ATTEMPT, NO N2 WITH NO LIMITS EXCEEDED & NO FADEC MESSAGE. INSPECTED LT ENG STARTER-GENERATOR BRUSHES & FOUND BRUSH WIRES BURNT. R & R STARTER- GENERATOR WITH OVERHAULED UNIT. PERFORMED ENG GND RSDR CA140211007Starter Gen · shorted(CAN) DURING MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING OF APU GENERATOR DEFECT THE STARTER/GENERATOR DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL SHORT OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE APU OR SURROUNDING STRUCTURE.SDR CA140130001Starter Gen · cracked(CAN) AFTER RUN-UP, FOUND MAJOR LEAK IN APU COMPARTMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION FOUND APU GENERATOR CRACKED.SDR CA140120016Shaft · failed(CAN) ACFT WAS ENROUTE TO AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM WHEN THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. PILOT SHUTOFF THE VENT SYSTEM WHICH CLEARED THE SMOKE AND ROLLED NR 2 TO IDLE. ACFT RETURNED AND SHUTDOWN. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE SDR CA140106006Friction Disc · loose(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS. TROUBLESHOOTING LEAD TO THE STARTER. WHEN THE STARTER WAS REMOVED THE FRICTION PLATE WAS FOUND VERY LOOSE CAUSING THE SHAFT TO FLOP AROUND. THERE WAS ALSO A SCREW MISSING FROM WHERE THE JUNCTION BLOCK ATSDR 9JLA2014021307271Starter Gen · failedRIGHT STARTER GEN FAILED. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND IT TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE STARTER GEN R & R WITH OVERHAULED UNIT.SDR 9JLA2014011507271Starter Gen · failedTHE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE RT ENG WOULD NOT ROTATE DURING START. TROUBLESHOOTING IDENTIFIED THAT THE STARTER GEN WAS DEFECTIVE & REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE DEFECTIVE STARTER GEN WAS REMOVED SN P96008 & AN OVERHAULED STARTER GEN WAS INSTALLED IAW 400A A
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