What was found
STATER GEN UNIT FAILED TO START ENGINE. NO OTHER OPERATION PROBLEM NOTED. SUBSEQUENT TEARDOWN REVEALED WORN AND / OR DAMAGED PARTS. UNIT WAS REPORTED AND TAGGED OVERHAULED 60 HRS PRIOR TO FAILURE BY WECO OF LINCOLN, CA.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2002
- Submitted
- May 9, 2002
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N200CV
- Make and model
- Cessna S550
- Aircraft serial
- S5500064
- Aircraft time
- 7,495 hours, 6,560 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT15D4
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 23085004
- Part serial
- 726
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Engine
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.