SDR 97ZZZM502

Service difficulty report · Brush Block · Fokker F27MK200

Difficulty date
February 12, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N279MA
Make and model
Fokker F27MK200
Aircraft serial
10297
Part
Brush Block
Condition
Worn
Location
Rt Alternator
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING INSPECTION OF RT ALTERNATOR BRUSH NOTICED A SCREW MISSING FROM BRUSH HOLDER. UPON DISASSEMBLE OF BRUSH BLOCK ASSY. THE BRUSH ASSY HAD CUT A GROOVE INTO LOWER SLIP RING. THE SCREW WAS ALSO LOCATED UNDER THE BRUSH BLOCK ASSY IN TWO PIECES WORN THROUGH MIDDLE OF SCREW. PLATE THAT SEPARATED THE TWO HALVES ALSO BROKEN AND MISSING PARTS. REPLACED ALTERNATOR. (M)