Service difficulty report · Clamp · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 13, 2010
Submitted
December 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N502LX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4168
Aircraft time
6,068 hours, 5,581 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Engine time
6,001 hours, 5,602 cycles
Propeller
Dowty R4086123F17
Part
Clamp
Part number
15498641
Condition
Broken
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, H, G
Precautionary procedure
H, E, A

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE DUE TO THE NR2 ENGINE GENERATOR FAILURE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. CREW HAD TO SHUTDOWN AND FEATHER THE NR2 ENGINE. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. MX DISCOVERED THAT THE NR2 ENGINE AC GENERATOR V-BAND CLAMP WAS BROKEN AND THE AC GENERATOR HAD FALLEN FROM THE MOUNTING PLATE. THE AC GENERATOR IS COOLED BY ENGINE OIL WHEN THE AC GENERATOR DETACHED FROM THE HSG THE OIL WAS PUMPED OUT OF THE ENGINE RESULTING IN THE CREW COMMANDED ENGINE SHUTDOWN.