What was found
STARTER CLUTCH SPRING BROKE DURING ENGINE START AT ENGINE TIME SINCE FACTORY REBUILT: 421.3 SECOND CLUTCH SPRING BROKE AT ENGINE HOURS: 592.3 BOTH SPRINGS BROKE DURING ENGINE START SEQUENCE WHEN THE START WAS ABORTED.
- Difficulty date
- April 22, 2009
- Submitted
- April 22, 2009
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Cessna U206G
- Engine
- Cont IO520F
- Engine time
- 592 hours
- System (JASC)
- 8011 · Engine Starter
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Starter Clutch
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.