Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Amd FALCON900

Difficulty date
February 8, 2002
Submitted
March 4, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amd FALCON900
Aircraft time
165 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE7315BR
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
80601401
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING START SEQUENCE, NR 2 ENGINE FAILED TO ROTATE, START SEQUENCE WAS CANCELLED, AND TRIED A SECOND TIME WITH NO ROTATION OF ENGINE. FAULT WAS TRACED TO THE STARTER GENERATOR, UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW AND START SEQUENCE WAS OK. NR 2 ENGINE STARTED AS PER MM. THIS IS THE SECOND STARTER GENERATOR FAILURE, THE OTHER HAPPENED 100 HOURS AGO ON NR 3 ENGINE. INSTALLED UPGRADED STARTER/GENERATOR [/N 8060-150. FALCON JET IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE NR 1 ENGINE STARTER GEN AND APU STARTER GEN ARE GOING TO BE UPGRADED TO -150.