Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Beech 200CBEECH

Difficulty date
June 16, 2025
Submitted
June 18, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N774LK
Make and model
Beech 200CBEECH
Aircraft serial
BL145
Aircraft time
11,490 hours, 8,157 cycles
Engine
Pwc PT6A42A
Engine time
9,244 hours, 4,549 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
23048016
Part serial
P2559
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 400
Part time
2 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT OF KELP AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DUAL GENERATOR FAILURE AND LOST COMMUNICATION WITH ATC. AFTER PILOT RESET GENERATORS, HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN COMMUNICATION WITH ATC AND PROCEEDED TO LAND BACK AT KELP. PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. ATC DECLARED EMERGENCY. MAINTENANCE TEAM EVALUATED DC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE #2 ENGINE STARTER GENERATOR HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED OUT DUE TO OVERHAUL LIMIT AND A OVERHAULED STARTER GENERATOR WAS INSTALLED. SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE #2 STARTER GENERATOR WITH NEWLY OVERHAULED UNIT. CHECK OF GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT PARALLELLING WAS GOOD. NO OTHER ISSUES NOTED.