Service difficulty report · Terminal · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
October 1, 2019
Submitted
January 8, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N493TM
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK582
Part
Terminal
Part number
1013690113
Condition
Loose
Location
Starter Gen
Component
Starter/Generat · Bfgoodrich
Component part number
23080050
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

FOUND WIRE TERMINALS LOOSE ON RIGHT ENG STARTER/GENERATOR. CLOSER EXAMINATION FOUND THE WIRE TERMINAL ADAPTER THREADS STRIPPED. THERE IS A COMMUNIQUE, KA-2014-02, ADDRESSING THIS DEFECT ON KING AIRS WHERE THERE ARE REPLACING THE STEEL LOCK NUTS WITH NYLON LOCK NUTS, THE STEEL LOCK NUT PN 130909N25 AND THE NYLON LOCK NUT IS MS21083N6. CONTACTED TEXTRON STATING THAT THE ADAPTER PN WAS THE SAME ON BOTH STARTER/GENERATORS, KING AIR AND BEECH JET. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION TO PUT THE NYLON LOCK NUTS ON THE BEECH JET S/G. I WAS GIVEN THE STORY THAT THE BEECH JET STARTER/GENERATORS WERE IN A HOTTER LOCATION THAN THE KING AIR, WHICH IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE BEECH JETS WHERE STARTER/GENERATORS ARE DROPPING OFF LINE AND FINDING LOOSE TERMINALS. BILL AT THE BEECH SAID THE ANSWER MAYBE TO SUBMIT A FORM 337 AND MAKE THE CHANGE. I DON`T THINK THIS IS THE ANSWER.

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