Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
November 7, 2017
Submitted
January 10, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438AM
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
43862
Aircraft time
2,713 hours, 317 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
700133H03
Part serial
AAEF003098
Condition
Damaged
Part time
2,713 hours, 317 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING A TRANSIT CHECK, AN OIL LEAK WAS DETECTED IN THE VARIABLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATORS L1 AND L2. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED REVISION DETECTING THE VARIABLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATORS SENSOR SCREWS BROKEN SO THE VARIABLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATORS WERE REPLACED IAW DMC-B787-A-24-21-09-00B-520A-A AND DMC-B787-A-24-21-09-00B-720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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