Service difficulty report · Starter · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 8, 2005
Submitted
April 11, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N755RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49727
Aircraft time
31,910 hours, 21,436 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
38334211
Part serial
01276A
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
39,630 hours, 29,603 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DURING RIGHT ENGINE STARTED, THE A AND B IGNITION SYSTEM DID NOT HAVE ROTATION IN N1 AND N2 AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DID NOT INCREASE. DURING REVISION, THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH NEGATIVES RESULTS, STARTER VALVE LIGHT TURNED ON AND OSCILLATION OF PNEUMATIC PRESSURE WITHOUT ROTATION. THE ENGINE AIR TURBINE STARTER WAS REPLACED IAW MM 80-10-01, TESTED CORRECT.

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