Service difficulty report · Starter · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
July 8, 2009
Submitted
July 8, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N65453
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S9717
Aircraft time
3,300 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Engine time
2,891 hours
Part
Starter
Part number
149NL
Part serial
FN2009125
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
3 hours
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.

What was found

STARTER WOULD NOT TURN OVER. INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT BACK OF STARTER HAD TWISTED AND CASING HAD CRACKED. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD STARTER ON THIS ACFT THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST 7 HOURS OF OPERATION AND ALL STARTERS HAD SIMILAR DISCREPENCIES TO REAR CASING. HAVE BEEN USING THESE STARTERS FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE. DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT.

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