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 ENHA20130212001Starter Gen · failedSTARTER GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT.SDR CA130212029Starter Gen · slow(CAN) DURING 50/100 HR INSPECTION THE STARTER FOUND TO HAVE VERY SLOW CRANKING SPEED. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA130129008Bearing · failed(CAN) LEFT STARTER GENERATOR FAILED APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. GENERATOR WENT OFF-LINE AND A LOW RUMBLE AND VIBRATION WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE LT ENGINE. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND UNIT WAS REPLACED. GROUND RUN C/O, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED SERVICEASDR 2013FA0000310Bearing · failedTHE STARTER GENERATOR CAUSED A VIBRATION IN THE RT ENGINE DURING FLIGHT. GENERATOR WAS REPLACED. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, THESE STARTER GENERATORS HAVE A HISTORY OF PREMATURE FAILURE.SDR CA121214011Starter Gen · failed(CAN) ENGINE WOULD NOT START. STARTER REPLACED.SDR 2013F00038Bearing · failedRIGHT ENGINE STARTER/GEN FAILED. REAR BEARING FAILURE.SDR 2012FA0000806Starter Gen · fireDURING A POST MX GROUND RUN AFTER A 10 SECOND DRY MOTOR OF BOTH ENGINES AND A COOL DOWN PERIOD, THE RT ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE FIRE GUARD/GROUND RUN MONITOR NOTICED A FLAME IN THE VICINITY OF THE STARTER GENERATOR (THE LOWER COWLING WAS REMOVED). AFTER HE SISDR 2015FA0000402Starter Gen · inoperativeSTARTER GENERATOR SENT TO AND RECEIVED BACK AS O/H. INSTALLED ON ACFT IN 09/2010 AND UNIT DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY.SDR CA121122002Gear · chipped(CAN) DURING ACFT 100 HOUR INSPECTION THE STARTER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CHIPPED TEETH. STARTER REPLACED.SDR HAEA201200222Seal · failedRT GENERATOR TRIP OFF LINE IN FLIGHT, FOLLOWED BY LT GENERATOR. ACFT DIVERTED, LANDING NORMALLY. MX DISCOVERED RT GENERATOR OIL SOAKED AS A RESULT OF THE AXIS C SEAL LEAKING. REPLACED AXIS C SEAL AND RT STARTER GENERATOR. DETERMINED NO FAULT WITH LT GENERATSDR DJFA20121024001Starter Gen · vibrationTHE CREW ADVISED AT FL450 THEY EXPERIENCED A HIGH VIBRATION FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY A NR 2 GENERATOR FAILURE, THE CREW FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST FOR HIGH VIBE WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED WITH SHUTTING NR 2 ENGINE DOWN IN FLIGHT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENSDR HNAA2012100901002Starter Gen · failedWHEN ATTEMPTING START ON NR 1 ENGINE. SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM INBD COWLING VENTS OF NR 1 NACELLE. R & R NR 1 START GENERATOR IAW WC 24-30-02R. OPS AND LEAKED CHECKED GOOD.SDR ASOA20121008090Starter Gen · burnedCREW REPORTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR COMING FROM PACK NR 2 FOLLOWED BY APU GEN FAILURE. FOUND THE APU STARTER GEN SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING BURNED. MX R & R THE APU STARTER GENERATOR WITH OPS CHECKS SUCCESSFUL.SDR CA120921005Gear · broken(CAN) DURING 100 HR INSPECTION THE STARTER GEAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN TEETH. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA120905010Starter Gen · noisy(CAN) NOISE IN ACFT AUDIO SYS WHEN STARTER GENERATOR SWITCHED ON. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED.SDR QMLA2012083012143Starter Gen · malfunctionedGENERATOR DISCONNECT LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE NR 1 GENERATOR. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT UNDER POWER FROM BOTH ENGINES. SWAPED STARTER/GENERATOR FROM SIDE TO SIDE. FOUND ISSUED FOLLOWED GENERATOR.SDR CA120914008Shaft · sheared(CAN) OPERATOR INFORMED MFG THEY HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ON 57004. THE CHIP DETECTOR HAD SLUDGE ON IT. THEY CLEANED IT, REINSTALLED, AND DURING START ATTEMPT THE PILOT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. THE STARTER-GENERATOR SHEARESDR QMLA2012081912135Starter Gen · burnedGENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE FLIGHT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A STRONG ODOR OF BURNING AND VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. ELECTED TO LAND. STARTER GENERATOR WAS ON FIRE.SDR BTEA2012FA0000554Starter Gen · failedWHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON, THERE WAS A "POPPING" SOUND IN THE INTERCOMM SYSTEM IN CREW HELMETS. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN "AUX BATTERY" LIGHT. INSPECTION OF NR 2 STARTER GEN SHOWED SIGNIFCANT WEAR OF BRUSHES AND AN UNUSUAL WEAR PATTERN ON THE CSDR CA120803003Drive Shaft · sheared(CAN) ACFT LANDING, CREW HAD INDICATION GENERATOR LIGHT ON, PASSENGER INFORMED OF NR 2 ENGINE FUEL LEAKS. FOUND STARTER/GENERATOR OFF THE ENGINE, DAMAGING THE FCU, FUEL PUMP, STARTER/GENERATOR DRIVE AND STARTER/GENERATOR GEAR IN ACCESSORY SECTION OF ENGINE. SDR CA120723013Starter Gen · failed(CAN) APPROX 1 HR AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOTS NOTICED NR 2 DC GEN WARN LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER A MINUTE OR 2, THE NR 2 DC GEN HOT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOTS SELECTED THE 2 DC GEN OFF IAW QRH. THE NR 2 DC GEN HOT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MINUTSDR M7KA20120711001Starter Gen · shortedDURING A ROUTINE REVENUE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED THAT THE ACFT VEMD HAD A YELLOW BAR WARNING UNDER THE VOLTAGE INDICATION, INDICATING LOW VOLTAGE OF 24 VOLTS. ON RESET, AN INDICATION OF 250 AMPS WITH THE RED BAR WARNING. FOUND SHORTED GENERATOR WINDINGS AND AN ESDR CA120727010Friction Pad · worn(CAN) DURING 100/300 HR INSPECTION OF THE HELICOPTER THE STARTER GENERATOR FRICTION PADS WERE FOUND TO BE WORN. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED.SDR 2012FA0000380Starter Gen · inoperativeDURING LOW ALTITUDE FLIGHT, PILOT OBSERVED RAD ALT INDICATOR FLUCTUATE, FUEL PUMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BATTERY VOLTAGE DROP TO 15 VOLTS, RADIOS INOPERATIVE. AMMETER INDICATED NO OUTPUT, HOWEVER GENERATOR FAIL ANNUNCIATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN REMOVESDR CA120612003Starter Gen · overheated(CAN) DURING CLIMBOUT, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED THE NR 1 DC GENERATOR HOT CAUTION LIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. STARTED GENERATOR WAS REPLACED, LEAK CHECKED AND CHECKED SERVICEABLE.SDR A9JA2012F00106Starter Gen · failedPILOTS NOTICED A VIBTATION IN FLIGHT (APP 25 MIN. INTO FLIGHT). CREW TRIED TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF VIBRATION (RUMBLE). RT GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE, CREW RETURNED TO HOME BASE. REMOVED RT STARTER/GENERATOR AND FOUND THE BEARINGS & SHAFT SHIFTED OUT OF THE STARSDR CA120606004Starter Gen · intermittent(CAN) INTERMITTENT ENGAGEMENT OF STARTER GEAR WITH ENGINE RING GEAR DURING ACFT STARTING. STARTER REPLACED.SDR CA120525001Starter Gen · failed(CAN) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT RT STARTER GENERATOR LIGHT CAME ON. GENERATOR WAS NOT PRODUCINQ ANY POWER, TRIED TO RESET AND IT DID NOT. 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING THERE WAS A MINOR VIBRATION FELT IN THE FLOOR OF ACFT. UPON REMOVAL OF STARTER GENERATOR FROM SDR CA120601008Armature · shorted(CAN) AFTER LANDING, CREW STARTED BOTH ENGINES FOR DEPARTURE BUT COULD NOT GET THE LT GENERATOR TO COME ONLINE. CREW SHUTDOWN TO ADVISE THE MAINTENANCE DEPT. THEY WENT BACK TO THE ACFT TO DO SOME TROUBLESHOOTING, STARTED THE RT ENGINE THEN TRIED TO START THE SDR HEEA20120512858Starter Gen · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 GENERATOR FAILED AND NR 1 INVERTER FAILED. MX REPLACED NR 2 STARTER GENERATOR.SDR ALGA2012051102Bracket · crackedSTARTER GEN HAS TWO BRUSH BRACKETS BROKEN, AND TWO BRUSH BRACKETS CRACKED.SDR 2012FA0000285Starter Gen · defectiveENGINE VIBRATION, NO OTHER INDICATION. PILOTS DIVERTED FOR SERVICE. STARTER GENERATOR FOUND DEFECTIVE 157 HRS PRIOR RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL.SDR HNAA2012042600752Starter Gen · failedNR 1 ENGINE START ASSOCIATED WITH BUSS FAULT. R & R NR 1 START GENERATOR IAW WC 24-30-02R. LEAKED AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA120502009Shaft · cracked(CAN) STARTER GENERATOR WAS REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL, AT 1786 HRS TTAF ON 21 FEB 2012. DURING OVERHAUL, FOUND A CRACK RADIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY IN THE DRIVE SPLINE THAT ENGAGES WITH THE ENGINE. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS MFG IN MARCH 2006. THE CRACKED SHAFT WASSDR CA120411014Starter Gen · seized(CAN) DURING TAXI, WE HAD A STARTER GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE PILOTS SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AT THE APRON AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE STARTER/GEN FAN SHROUD HAD COME LOOSE DUE TO, 2 OUT OF THE 4 SCREWS FALLSDR CA120404007Starter Gen · malfunctioned(CAN) ON RETURN TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL GENERATOR FAILED IN-FLIGHT. ACFT LANDED AT THE CITY CENTER AIRPORT WITH NO FUTHER OCCURENCES. AFTER INVESTIGATION INTO THE STARTER/GENERATOR FAILURE, THE AME FOUND THAT THE STARTER/GENERATOR SHAFT HAD SHEARED. THE STARTESDR QXEA2012040100264Starter Gen · failedAPU STARTER GENERATOR FAILED AFTER APU START, RESULTING IN WHITE SMOKE. REPLACED THE STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-33-01-000-801. RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA120416006Starter Gen · failed(CAN) DURING A START ON THE GROUND, THE STARTER GENERATOR PRODUCED A LARGE AMPERAGE DRAW, AND STARTED SMOKING. THE START WAS ABORTED BY THE PILOT. UPON DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS CONTINUITY BETWEEN ALL THE TERMINALS ON THE STARTER, HOWEVER, THE SDR CA120323005Starter Gen · failed(CAN) IN FLIGHT FAILURE OF LY STARTER GENERATOR. THE PILOTS FOLLOWED SOP`S FOR A FAILED GENERATOR AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MFG INSPECTIONS FOLLOWING A STARTER GENERATOR FAILURE. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT.SDR CA120312008Bracket · broken(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, VIBRATIONS WERE FELT WHICH THE PILOT TRACED BACK TO NR 2 ENGINE. HE REDUCED POWER BUT JUST BEFORE LANDING, THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION SHOWED AN INOPERATIVE STARTER SDR CA120408003Starter Gen · intermittent(CAN) STARTER INTERMITTENT. REPLACED STARTER.SDR CA120221010Starter Gen · overheated(CAN) GENERATOR OVERHEAT INDICATION IN COCKPIT. CREW SHUTOFF GENERATOR. POST FLIGHT INDICATION OF GENERATOR BEARING FAILURE.SDR CA120223010Brush Block · damaged(CAN) 4 OUT OF THE 8 BRUSHES IN THE STARTER/GENERATOR HAD LOOSE WIRES AND THE LOOSE RIVETS ATTACHING THEM. 3 BRUSHES WERE ON ONE COMMUTATOR AND 1 WAS ON THE OTHER. THE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND SENT FOR O/H. A TEAR-DOWN REPORT WAS REQUESTED AND THE RESULTS WILLSDR CA120130009Starter Gen · failed(CAN) ACFT WAS IN CRUISE WHEN A RUMBLING/VIBRATION WAS FELT AND HEARD. THEY ELECTED TO RETURN TO BASE AND AS THEY WERE RETURNING THE NR 1 GENERATOR FAILED. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE GENERATOR FAN HAD RUBBED AGAINST ITS HOUSING AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DESDR CA120127011Adapter · cracked(CAN) THE RT STARTER-GENERATOR OF THE RT ENGINE WAS REMOVED DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ALSO, REMOVED WAS THE STARTER-GENERATOR MOUNTING ADAPTER TO ALLOW BETTER ACCESS FOR ENGINE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION. AFTER REMOVAL, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MOUNTING ADASDR J7SA20120106001Starter Gen · failedRT GENERATOR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF WITH ASSOCIATED VIBRATION. AIR RETURN. REPLACED GROUND POWER MONITOR, LT AND RT GENERATOR BUSS CURRENT LIMITERS, AND RT STARTER GENERATOR.SDR QMLD201201051501Shaft · shearedUPON STARTING NR2 ENGINE, THE STARTER GENERATOR SHAFT SHEARED.SDR CA120104002Starter Gen · cracked(CAN) ACFT WOULD NOT START. STARTER FOUND CRACKED. STARTER REPLACED.SDR COEA2011121004803Starter Gen · failedFLT 8902 FOR MAINTENANCE: ON DESCENT INTO SIT PILOT RECEIVED A DC GEN 1, DC BUS 1 AND AN AC BUS 2 FAILURE. DUE TO FAILURES THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WAS AFFECTED. PILOTS ELECTED TO RETURN TO JNU FOR MAINTENANCE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WISDR 2012FA0000005Adapter · brokenENGINE FAILS TO START, PROP WAS LOCKED SOLID. STARTER ADAPTER REMOVED TO FIND 2 GEAR TEETH MISSING. EMERGENCY AD 2011-25-51 SEEMS TO BE RELEVANT TO THIS FAILURE BUT DOES NOT COVER THIS ENGINE TYPE AND STARTER PN. UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN ENGINE HOURS, BUT BELIEV
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