SDR 98ZZZX3175

Service difficulty report · Pulley · Piper PA60601P

Difficulty date
June 18, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N343EA
Make and model
Piper PA60601P
Aircraft serial
61P0373120
Part
Pulley
Part number
36B19484
Condition
Failed
Location
Alternator
Component
ALU8421
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THE RT ENGINE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT CHARGING. INSPECTION REVEALED THE ALTERNATOR AND AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR BELTS WERE SHREDDED AND BROKEN. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE KEYWAY ON THE ALTERNATOR PULLEY HAD STRIPPED ALLOWING THE PULLEY TO MOVE ON THE ALTERNATOR SHAFT DAMAGING THE ALTERNATOR SHAFT, FAN, AND PROPELLER DE-ICE SLIP RING. THE PULLEY INSTALLED ON THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT AN AIRCRAFT PART. IT WAS POSSIBLY AN AUTOMOTIVE OR INDUSTRIAL PULLEY. THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION WAS NOT THE SAME AND THE PULLEY HAD NO IDENTIFYING MARKINGS. THE NEW PULLEY, A LYC PART, WAS PROPERLY IDENTIFIED.

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