Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
August 30, 2013
Submitted
September 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14939
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145030
Aircraft time
32,364 hours, 31,321 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
23080013A
Part serial
97396
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Tail
Part time
15,792 hours, 16,361 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITHTHE MAIN BUS SHORTING OUT AT 23K FT ALT WITH A LOUD BANG WHICH SHOOK THE ENTIRE ACFT. SMOKE, ELECTRICAL SMELL CAME IN THE COCKPIT, AFTER THE BANG. THE ACFT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED COCKPIT POWER SUPPLIES WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR BURNING, AND FOUND THE APU GENERATOR AND GCU TO BE SENDING THE ACFT INTO ESSENTIAL POWER. MX R & R THE APU STARTER GENERATOR AND APU GCU, OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITH NO DEFECTS, AND THE ACFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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