What was found
LAY SHAFT SHEAR PIN BROKEN INSIDE STARTER
- Difficulty date
- December 19, 2025
- Submitted
- March 12, 2026
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N216DG
- Make and model
- Diamon DA40
- Aircraft serial
- 40698
- Aircraft time
- 3,916 hours
- System (JASC)
- 8011 · Engine Starter
- Part
- Shear Pin
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Starter
- Component
- Starter · Hartzl
- Component part number
- 149NL1EC
- 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.