Service difficulty report · Shaft · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
March 15, 2002
Submitted
April 15, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1881Q
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
414
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312B
Part
Shaft
Part number
36B510419G1
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu Starter/Gen
Part time
30 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

STARTER GENERATOR SPLINE SHAFT (PN 36B50419G1) INSTALLED IN STARTER GENERATOR (PN 2CM308C3) SHEARED AT THE BASE OF THE INTERNAL SPLINE AFTER ABOUT 30 START CYCLES. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE HOLE, WHICH IS DRILLED AND TAPED TO ACCEPT THE RETAINING SCREW IS BEING DRILLED TO DEEP AND IS THE CAUSE OF THE SHAFT FAILURES.