Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
November 23, 2005
Submitted
November 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26272
Aircraft time
38,361 hours, 14,744 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
7,665 hours, 3,477 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
784750A3
Part serial
921014
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
6,829 hours, 895 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

DURING LT ENGINE STARTING, THE PNEUMATIC STARTER FAILED. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION WAS DETECTED THE PNEUMATIC STARTER WITH DAMAGE, SO IT WAS REPLACED IAW MM 80-11-01 AND OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-01, ALL CORRECT.

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