# SDR 2023FA0000838

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 18, 2023
- Submitted: December 18, 2023
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N826UP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N826UP), registered now
- Make and model: Beech B300
- Registry model: [Beech B300](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: FL926
- Aircraft time: 7,122 hours, 6,139 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PT6A60A
- System (JASC): [2435 · Starter-Generator](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2435)
- Part: Starter Gen
- Part number: 23085001
- Part serial: 92182CA
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Zone 500
- Part time: 194 cycles
- Component: Engine, Pwa, PT6A60A
- Component part number: 310270001
- Stage of operation: TX
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: E
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2023FA0000838

## Discrepancy

WHEN STARTING LEFT ENGINE AND BRINGING LEFT GENERATOR ON LINE IT WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE IGNITION STARTER WAS OFF AND IT WAS. I SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND 30 SECONDS LATER SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE LEFT COWLING. WE SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING.

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