What was found
LT ENGINE FAILED TO START. SEVERE ARCING ON COMMUTATOR, AND BRUSHES. CAUSING BRUSHES TO MELT.
- Difficulty date
- September 29, 2004
- Submitted
- October 7, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N2
- Make and model
- Cessna 560XL
- Aircraft serial
- 5605333
- Aircraft time
- 552 hours, 477 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW545A
- Engine time
- 552 hours, 477 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 300SGL138Q4
- Part serial
- 4048XL
- Condition
- Melted
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Part time
- 552 hours, 477 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.