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 QMLA2013121813175Duct · missingSTARTER GEN COOLING DUCT FOUND MISSING DURING AIRWORTHINESS CHECK.SDR K5SR2013121825634Starter Gen · erraticRIGHT STARTER GENERATOR REQUIRED SEVERAL RESETS DURING LAST TRIP, ON FINAL LEG STARTER/GEN WOULD NOT COME ONLINE. MAINTENANCE PEFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF STARTER GENERATOR. FOUND STARTER GENERATOR BRUSHES WORN BEYOND SERVICEABLE LIMITS. STARTER GENRATOR HSDR BTEA2014F00047Starter Gen · failedNR 1 STARTER/GENERATOR FAILED. DURING START, THE ENGINE TOOK AN UNUSUALLY LONG TIME TO REACH LIGHT OFF AND IDLE SPEED. AFTER ENGINE START, THE GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. AFTER THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, THE STARTER WAS EXAMINED ANSDR 7ALA2013F00000Starter Gen · failedSTARTER GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. ACFT LOST POWER FOR BOOST PUMPS, LIGHTING AND RADIOS. ACFT LANDED AT NEAREST AVAILABLE AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. BRUSH DETERIORATION SEEMS TO BE THE CAUSE.SDR WAIA2014F00015Starter Gen · failedWHILE PREPARING TO DEPART, THE FLIGHT CREW STATED THAT THE RT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS DISPATCHED TO ACFT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS DEFECTIVE. INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED STARTER GENERATOR AND PERFORMED LEAK AND OPS CHECKS WSDR QMLA2013110113155Starter Gen · failedDURING APPROACH, GENERATOR INDICATED ZERO AMPS AND BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY. PILOT PERFORMED NORMAL LANDING AT AIRPORT. MECHANIC REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR.SDR CA131025007Brushes · worn(CAN) GENERATOR WENT OFFLINE, DURING TROUBLESHOOTING AME FOUND BRUSHES DISINTEGRATED.SDR CA131015001Adapter · cracked(CAN) DURING A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION ON THE LT ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR ASSY, THE MOUNTING ADAPTER WAS OBSERVED WITH A CRACK THROUGH THE WEB ADJACENT TO A MOUNTING HOLE.SDR ASAA2013101396174Starter Gen · failedDURING APU START CYCLE WITH GROUND POWER CONNECTED AND POWERING ACFT, BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED DROP IN DC VOLTAGE. AUX BATTERY DROPS TO APPROX 22 VDC AND THEN RECOVERS APPROX 10 SECONDS AFTER THE APU START CYCLE IS COMPLETE. ACFT GSDR CA131011007Starter Gen · failed(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN AIR TURN BACK DUE TO A START SELECT LIGHT ILLUMINATING. AFTER STARTING THE LT ENGINE, THE STARTER DID NOT DISENGAGE. AFTER ROTATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STARTER WAS STILL ENGAGED. FLIGHT CREW MANUALLY DSDR QXEA2013092101396Starter Gen · failedAFTER STARTING NR 1 ENGINE SELECT START SWITCH DID NOT DISENGAGE WITH START LIGHT REMAINING ILLUMINATED. STARTER/GENERATOR FAILED. SMOKE FROM COWL. RETURNED TO GATE. INTERROGATED EPCU. NO FAULTS. FOUND NR 1 STARTER GEN BURNED OUT. R & R NR 1 STARTER GEN IASDR CA130920015Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE OVER VOLT PROTECTION TURNED THE GENERATOR OFF LINE. PILOT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED AND EVIDENCE OF SEVER DISTRESS SDR BN5A2013091700001Starter Gen · vibrationCREW NOTICED A VIBRATION IN FLIGHT ENROUTE. DIVERTED. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE LT STARTER GENERATOR TO BE DEFECTIVE. REMOVED LT STARTER GENERATOR, AND INSTALLED OVERHAULED STARTER GENERATOR. INSTALLATION AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. RAN ENGINE WITH NO VIBRATION SDR HNAA2013091200493Starter Gen · failedNR 1 DC GENERATOR FAILED ON TAKEOFF. REMOVED NR 1 DC START GENERATOR IAW WC 24-30-02R AND R & R NR 1 DC GCU IAW MM 24-31-03. OPS AND LEAKED CHECKED GOOD.SDR ASOA20130830157Starter Gen · malfunctionedTHE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITHTHE MAIN BUS SHORTING OUT AT 23K FT ALT WITH A LOUD BANG WHICH SHOOK THE ENTIRE ACFT. SMOKE, ELECTRICAL SMELL CAME IN THE COCKPIT, AFTER THE BANG. THE ACFT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPESDR HNAA2013082200473Starter Gen · failedNR 2 ENGINE WOULD NOT START. NO NH INDICIATION. R & R NR 2 STARTER GEN IAW WC24-30-02R, OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA130816002Shaft · broken(CAN) WHEN THE PILOT PRESSED THE START BUTTON, THE NG STAYED AT ZERO, BUT THE STARTER WAS TURNING. SHAFT DISCOVERED BROKEN AT THE SHEAR POINT.SDR CA130924006Bearing · failed(CAN) ACFT EXPERIENCED GENERATOR FAILURE ON NR 2 ENGINE AT 830.3 HRS TSO. OPERATOR SENT ST/GEN TO THIS AMO FOR INSPECTION. FOUND THE BEARING AT THE COMM END, ADE, HAD FAILED. CAGE HAD SEPARATED, AND THE OTBD CAGE AND SEAL WERE FOUND IN PIECES EMBEDDED IN THSDR CA130809004Bearing · failed(CAN) ACFT EXPERIENCED GENERATOR FAILURE ON NR 2 ENGINE IN FLIGHT AT 951.9 HRS TSO. AME REMOVED STARTER/GENERATOR AND BROUGHT IT TO AMO FOR INSPECTION. FOUND THE BEARING AT ADE END HAD FAILED. ALL 8 BALLS REMAINED IN THE BEARING, BUT THE SHIELDS AND CAGE WSDR HNAA2013080500444Starter Gen · failedLEFT MAIN BUSS FAULT OCCURRED WHEN SELECTING NR 1 ENGINE START BUTTON WITH ELECTRICAL SMELL. R & R NR 1 STARTER GENERATOR IAW WC 24-30-02R. START CONTACTOR 2431K1 WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-31-09. OPS AND LEAKED CHECKED GOOD.SDR T17A201307228001Starter Gen · failedDURING CRUISE, NR 1 GENERATOR FAILED. THE NR 2 GENERATOR AMMETER WAS THEN SHOWING A FLUCTUATION OF BETWEEN 60-300 AMPS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NR 2 STARTER GENERATOR FAILED. AFTER REPLACING UNIT, THE SYSTEM FUNCTION TESTED GOOD.SDR CA130717008Starter Gen · failed(CAN) NR 1 ENGINE STARTER FAILS TO CUT OFF AFTER ENGINE START. THE NR 1 GENERATOR OVERHEAT RESULTED AND CAUSED SOME SMOKE. NR 1 BUSS CONTACTOR 2431-K1 SWAPPED WITH APU GEN RELAY AND NR 1 STARTER GEN REPLACED. EGR C/O AND FOUND SERVICEABLE.SDR CA130708001Starter Gen · failed(CAN) ACFT WOULD NOT START. STARTER REPLACED.SDR DXTA2013070105425Starter Gen · fireAFTER APU SHUTDOWN, FLAMES WERE NOTICED COMING FROM LOWER LT ENGINE NACELLE. INSPECTED AREA AND FOUND BURN ON LOWER COWLING. FOUND GENERATOR DAMAGED, APPEARS TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. R & R THE LEFT STARTER GENERATOR IAW MM 80-10-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR HNAA2013062600368Starter Gen · failedNR 2 ENGINE WITH GROUND POWER APPLIED. ATTEMPTED TO START WITH SMOKE AND FUMES. R & R START GENERATOR AND START CONTACTOR. GROUND RAN ENGINE. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR HNAA2013062600363Starter Gen · inoperativeWITH GROUND POWER SELECTED ON NR 2 ENGINE ATTEMPTS TO START WITH SMOKE AND SPARKS FROM OTBD SIDE OF NR 2 NACELLE. R & R NR 2 START GENERATOR. OPS CHECKED AND LEAKED CHECKED GOOD IAW WC 24-30-03R.SDR BTEA201306250001Brushes · brokenNR 2 DC GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. AFTER THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE MX FACILITY, THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REMOVED FOR INSPECTION. THE BRUSHES WERE FOUND WORN EXCESSIVELY AND BROKEN. REPLACED WITH AN O/H UNIT, ALL SYS CHECKED GOOD.SDR E81R2013062480127Bearing · burnedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION FROM L/H ENGINE AREA FOLLOWING LANDING AT PWK. NOTED EXCESSIVE DUST AND DIRT, ETC. ON AND AROUND L/H ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR WITH AN EXCHANGE STARTER/GENERATOR, ENGINE VIBRATION NORMAL. DURISDR E81R06241380127Bearing · failedFLIGHT CREW REPORTED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION FROM LT ENGINE AREA FOLLOWING LANDING. NOTED EXCESSIVE BRUSH DUST AND DIRT, ETC. ON AND AROUND LT ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR. REPLACED STARTER/GENERATOR, ENGINE VIBRATION NORMAL. DURING TEARDOWN OF REMOVED STARTER/GENESDR CA130618011Seal · leaking(CAN) THE STARTER GEN SEAL FOUND LEAKING.SDR CA130605002Starter Gen · failed(CAN) WHILE ATTEMPTING A COMPRESSOR DESALINATION, PERFORMANCE RECOVERY WASH THE STARTER GENERATOR EMITTED A GRINDING NOISE AND FAILED UPON INITIAL SPOOL UP.SDR CA130605003Starter Gen · failed(CAN) BEECH 90 DEPARTED AIRPORT AND HAD DUAL GENERATOR FAIL LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE). DISCOVERED THE RIGHT STARTER/GENERATOR HAD FAILED, IT WAS ALSO FOUND, THAT THE LEFT ENGINE SHUNT WAS TRIPPED, INDICATING LEFT GEN FAILURE AS WELL. RIGHT GENERATSDR CA130531014Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) WHEN REMOVING THE STARTER/GENERATOR DURING A SCHEDULED ENGINE CHANGE THE GENERATOR DRIVESHAFT STAYED IN THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX. ON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THE RETAINING NUT FOR THE DRIVESHAFT HAD BACKED OFF AND PASSED THROUGH THE COOLING FAN WHILE THE STASDR E81R2013052923713Spring · disengagedPILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE DC GENERATOR FAIL INDICATION DEPARTING AIRPORT. INVESTIGATED LT ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR CONDITION UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION. SUSPECTED INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF STARTER/GENERATOR DUE TO COMMUTATOR CONDITION AND AREA RESIDUE/ODOSDR CA130525002Starter Gen · failed(CAN) REPORTED UPON START UP A LOAD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE AREA. START UP ABORTED. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOST THE COOLING FAN. NUT HAD BACKED OFF AND THE FAN HAD COME OFF AND DAMAGED THE SPLINES AND THREADS. A REPLACEMENT STARTER WAS INSTASDR 2013FA0000288Starter Gen · malfunctionedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT CENTER IIDS DISPLAY BEGAN FLASHING. DC ELECTRICAL POWER PULSING ON NR 2 SYSTEM FROM 0 TO 11 AMPS OUTPUT ONLY (NORMALLY 140AMPS). ESS VOLTS LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON SHORT FINAL. RADIOS WERE SWITCHED TO EMERGENCY SETTING SO COMMUNICATION WSDR CA130515005Bolt · missing(CAN) DURING ACFT INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STARTER WAS MISSING 1 OF 2 BOLTS FROM FRONT COVER. ALSO FOUND SECOND BOLT WAS APPROXIMATELY .2500" OUT OF THE HOUSING EVEN THOUGH THE LOCK TAB WAS STILL INTACT. THIS WAS ALLOWING THE FRONT COVER AND THE DRIVSDR ASAA2013041594498Starter Gen · failedAPU MAINT LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE PUSHING. AFTER ENG START AND APU WAS SHUTDOWN THE FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR 5 MINS AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. ACCOMPLISHED FIM 49-40 TASK 806. STARTER-GENERATOR FAILS IAW SAME. REPLACED THE APU STARTER-GENERATOR REF AMM 49-4SDR CA130408004Dampener · worn(CAN) DURING ACFT INSPECTION, THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE SHAFT DAMPER. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED. SHAFT WAS REMOVED FROM STARTER GENERATOR AND SPLINES WERE FOUND TO BE SEVERELY WORN.SDR ASAA2013040494377Starter Gen · failedENROUTE AT FL 360, SAT -60 ATTEMPTED THREE APU CSS. ALL THREE ATTEMPTS NO START. WITH A APU FAULT LIGHT ON AFTER EA START. FAULT LIGHT WENT OUT WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF EA ATTEMPT. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND FAULT CODE 49-41012. ACCOMPLISHED TASK 49-40-803. APU STASDR 4DSR20130425001Starter Gen · inoperativeDURING A POST-MX CHECK FLIGHT FOR REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION OF THE FUEL CONTROL AND STARTER/GENERATOR THE GOVERNMENT FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE NR2 ENGINE. DURING THE ATTEMPTED ENGINE RESTART THE STARTER/GENERATOR WOULD NOT CRANK TO ASSDR HNAA2013040300197Starter Gen · malfunctionedNR 1 DEC GENERATOR HOT CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. R & R NR 1 DC STARTER GENERATOR. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW 24-30-02R. OK FOR SERVICE.SDR CA130323001Shaft · sheared(CAN) STARTER GENERATOR FAILED TO TURN OVER ENGINE FOR START. INSPECTION REVEALED THE SHAFT HAD SHEARED.SDR CA130325006Bearing · failed(CAN) INTERVIEWED THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH THE RECTIFICATION OF THE DEFECT. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REAR BEARING FAILURE, FAN END, OF THE STARTER/GENERATOR. INSPECTED THE STARTER GENERATOR AND VERIFIED THE FAULT. THERE WERE NO OTHER ISSUES SDR 2013FA0000186Armature · damagedSTARTER GENERATOR WAS RECEIVED FOR O/H DUE TO "BAD BEARING". DURING DISASSEMBLY FOUND THE ARMATURE HAD BEEN DROPPED AND WAS DENTED AT THE COMMUTATOR END OF THE BALANCE BAND AREA. THE DRIVE END BEARING JOURNAL OF THE ARMATURE SHAFT WAS BADLY WORN, DUE TO THE SDR AQH2013F00000Starter Gen · failedDURING NORMAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED THE GENERATOR FAILED. THE HELICOPTER LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT INDICATED THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS NOT TURNING WHEN THE ENGINE WAS ROTATED. UPON REMOVAL IT WAS VERIFIED THE STARTESDR CA130313006Cooling Fan · broken(CAN) ACFT WAS ON THE GROUND, PILOTS WERE UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE, HUNG START. SO THEY SHUTDOWN, AND OBSERVED SMOKE FROM THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. THEY EXITED THE ACFT, NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN HAND, BUT THE SMSDR 2013F00039Bearing · failedLEFT ENGINE STARTER/GEN FAILED. REAR BEARING FAILURE.SDR RNVA2013022501Starter Gen · faultyPILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP, HE HAD TAXIED APPROX 100 FEET WHEN AND HIS GEN FAIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THAT HE RAN THE CHECK LIST AND THE FAULT DIDN'T CLEAR. AFTER PERFORMING THE CHECKLIST AND TAXIING BACK TO PARKING HE NOTICED A WISP OF SMOKE AND A VERY SSDR CA130212028Starter Gen · noisy(CAN) STARTER FOUND TO BE NOISY FOLLOWING 50 HR INSPECTION. STARTER REPLACED.
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