What was found
PART IS CHIPPED. BRUSHES CHIPPED AT TRAILING EDGE AND EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING. SPRING CLIP RIVIT COMES LOOSE AND CLIP FALLS OFF UPON BRUSH REMOVAL. REPLACED BRUSHES.
- Difficulty date
- May 9, 2003
- Submitted
- May 27, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N430CH
- Make and model
- Bell 430
- Aircraft serial
- 49037
- Aircraft time
- 5,733 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Brushes
- Part number
- M20021
- Part serial
- 1
- Condition
- Chipped
- Location
- Starter Gen
- Part time
- 321 hours
- Component
- Starter Gen
- Component part number
- 23081018
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.