SDR 2011F00000

Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
December 21, 2010
Submitted
December 27, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N261PA
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft serial
259003
Aircraft time
8,314 hours, 5,393 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
23091002
Part serial
125
Condition
Destroyed
Location
Zone 400
Part time
904 hours, 573 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, H
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED VIBRATION, BELIEVED TO BE FROM ENGINE AREA. VIBRATION INCREASED, BUT DID NOT SHOW ON EVM INDICATOR, FOLLOWED BY GEN 1 FAIL INDICATION, WITH BUS TIE CLOSED IN FLIGHT. ACFT MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING. MX FOUND NR1 STARTER GEN FAILED, COOLING FAN ON GEN SHATTERED, SHAFT SHEARED, MANY BROKEN PIECES OF UNIT IN ENGINE COWLING.