What was found
PILOT ATTEMPTED ENGINE START, STARTER WOULD NOT ROTATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND STARTER HAD TWO TERMINALS MELTED WHERE THAT ATTACH TO COMMUTATOR BRUSHES. REPLACED STARTER, OPERATIONAL CHECKED SAT.
- Difficulty date
- January 8, 2001
- Submitted
- February 22, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N949SP
- Make and model
- Cessna 172S
- Aircraft serial
- 172S8145
- Engine
- Lyc IO360L2A
- System (JASC)
- 8011 · Engine Starter
- Part
- Starter
- Part number
- PM2401
- Part serial
- 85009614
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 773 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.