SDR 97ZZZX606

Service difficulty report · Coupling · Cessna 421C

Difficulty date
December 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N421HP
Make and model
Cessna 421C
Aircraft serial
421C0831
Part
Coupling
Condition
Failed
Location
Alternator
Part time
795 hours
Component
Lord
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J, H
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB-OUT THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR WENT OFF LINE. SOON AFTER THE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO DECREASE AND THE OIL TEMP STARTED TO INCREASE, THE PILOT FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND LANDED AT NEXT AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED INTERNALLY AT THE DRIVE HUB ASSY, P/N 646655. RED RUBBER MATERIAL DISINTEGRATED AND WENT INTO THE OIL PAN AND WAS SUCKED INTO THE OIL SUMP PLUGGING THE SCREEN.

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