Service difficulty report · Starter · Parten P68C

Difficulty date
March 28, 2019
Submitted
March 28, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N480NR
Make and model
Parten P68C
Aircraft serial
345
Aircraft time
7,638 hours
Engine
Lyc AEIO360A1B6
Engine time
392 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR2
Part
Starter
Part number
149NLEC
Part serial
FNE131449
Condition
Worn
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
991 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MOTOR IS LOOSE ON STARTER OF RIGHT ENGINE. STARTER REMOVED FROM ENGINE ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THIS IS HIGH TORQUE STARTER, THEY HAVE TWO BOLTS JOINING THE TWO COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THE STARTED THE MOTOR AND GEARBOX THE STARTER ONLY HAS 990.8 HOURS ON IT. THE STARTER MOTOR IS LOOSE BETWEEN IT AND THE GEAR DRIVE SECTION, THE 2 BOLTS USED TO ATTACH THE TWO UNITS HAVE LOCKING TABS AND THE BOLTS ARE TIGHT AND THE LOCK TABS ARE IN PLACE. THE MOTOR APPEARS TO BE FRETTING AGAINST THE GEAR DRIVE.

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