SDR 96ZZZX4391

Service difficulty report · Generator · Lear 36A

Difficulty date
July 22, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N53JA
Make and model
Lear 36A
Aircraft serial
043
Part
Generator
Part number
30B1077F
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Component
Bendix
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS AND AMP FLUCTUATIONS. THE PROBLEM WAS ISOLATED TO THE RIGHT GENERATOR. GENERATOR REMOVAL REVEALED BEARING FAILURE. THIS WAS THE SECOND FAILURE WITHIN 200 FLIGHT HOURS OF OVERHAUL. THE LEFT GENERATOR, S/N 2400, HAD THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM TWICE WITHIN 600 FLIGHT HOURS OF OVERHAUL.

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