Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Bolkms BK117B1

Difficulty date
October 13, 2007
Submitted
October 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N211SL
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B1
Aircraft serial
7201
Engine
Lyc LTS101750B1
Part
Starter Gen
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

EXTREMELY FAINT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR DETECTED. ASKED TRANSPORT TEAM IF THEY DETECTED ODOR AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT. PILOT NOTICED NR 2 GENERATOR AMP GAUGE INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 50 AMPS WHILE NR 1 GENERATOR AMP GAUGE INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 10 AMPS. NO OTHER INDICATIONS NOTED SWITCHED OFF NR 2 GENERATOR AND LOAD INCREASED ON NR 1 GENERATOR TO APPROXIMATELY 40 AMPS. SWITCHED NR 2 GENERATOR BACK ON AND ORIGINAL LOAD IMBALANCE RETURNED. AS THE ODOR WAS NO LONGER DETECTABLE, & THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION, OTHER THAN AMPERAGE LOAD IMBALANCE, FLT CONTINUED TO ORIGINAL DESTINATION. UPON RETURN TO BASE, INCIDENT REPORTED TO MX & AN ENTRY MADE BY PILOT IN ACFT MX LOG. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM & ADJUSTED ELECTRICAL LOAD BALANCE IAW ACFT MM. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF NR 2 STARTER/GENERATOR BRUSHES FOUND NOTHING ABNORMAL AND THE SOURCE OF THE EXTREMELY FAINT BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NEVER LOCATED.