What was found
(CAN) ENGINE WOULD NOT ROTATE WHEN STARTER BUTTON WAS PRESSED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE WIRE FROM THE D TERMINAL TO THE ARMATURE WAS MELTED.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2000
- Submitted
- January 22, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Pilats PC1245
- Aircraft time
- 2,023 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Starter Gen
- Component
- Starter Generat · Lucas · 23085014
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.