# SDR 20010419CW007

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 6, 2001
- Submitted: April 19, 2001
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Aerosp ATR 72 202
- Registry model: [Aerosp ATR 72 202](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-atr-72-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- System (JASC): [2420 · AC Generation System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2420)
- Part: Rotor
- Part number: P610151
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Generator
- Component: Ac Generator, Auxilec
- Component part number: 200322
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20010419CW007

## Discrepancy

MAIN STATOR WINDINGS ON ROTOR ASSEMBLY SHORTED OUT AFTER 41.8 FLIGHT HOURS, SINCE OVERHAUL.  THIS WAS A NEWLY MODIFIED ROTOR.  THIS IS A POORLY DESIGNED ROTOR, PREVIOUS PN WAS P603744A, WHICH ALSO HAD A PROBLEM AND CAME APART WHILE IN OPERATION.

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