Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
April 29, 2006
Submitted
May 2, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N875AM
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
33793
Aircraft time
4,330 hours, 2,497 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Engine time
4,341 hours, 2,498 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
350594510
Part serial
GRTA7030
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
4,321 hours, 2,489 cycles
Component
Engine
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, LT ENGINE DID NOT START. AT PLATFORM, ECC TEST WAS PERFORMED DETECTING CHANNEL A OUT OF SERVICE WITH 73-20011 INTERNAL ECC FAULT CODE. STARTER CHIP DETECTOR WAS CHECKED DETECTING DEBRIS. STARTER WAS REPLACED IAW MM 80-11-0, BUT DURING TEST ENGINE DID NOT START. ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH THE ALTERNATE PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 73-1. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK FIM 73-21 TASK 801 AND 7-28 TASK 806 PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED, TESTED CORRECT.