Service difficulty report · Starter · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
March 15, 2010
Submitted
April 15, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N389DC
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft serial
C0255
Aircraft time
1,894 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Engine time
1,894 hours, 39 cycles
Propeller
Snsnch W69EK63
Part
Starter
Part number
C12ST2S
Part serial
2C170907
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Engine
Part time
39 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ENGINE OIL SYS FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH FERROUS METAL. AFTER REMOVING STARTER, GOUGES WERE FOUND IN STARTER NOSE BOWL FROM PINION GEAR. PROPELLER WAS ROTATED THROUGH, REVEALING DAMAGE TO MANY CLUSTER GEAR TEETH, INCLUDING ONE HAVING BEEN BROKEN OFF. THE STARTER PINION GEAR HAS (8) TEETH, WHILE THE MM DESCRIBES A NINE-TOOTH PINION GEAR. THE NOSE BOWL CASTINGS OF THESE (2) STARTERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MFG TO DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS.

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