What was found
NR 1 ALTERNATOR WENT INOPERATIVE IN FLIGHT INVESTIGATION FOUND REAR ROTOR BEARING OF ALTERNATOR HAD NO GREASE AND FAILED.
- Difficulty date
- July 8, 2004
- Submitted
- July 8, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N5078N
- Make and model
- Beech 65
- Aircraft serial
- LF16
- Engine
- Lyc IO720A1B
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCM2YK
- System (JASC)
- 2430 · DC Generating System
- Part
- Bearing
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Alternator
- Part time
- 134 hours
- Component
- Alternator
- Component part number
- ALV8402
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- H, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.