Service difficulty report · Liner · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
August 8, 2003
Submitted
January 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
11,342 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Liner
Part number
150SG1028
Condition
Loose
Location
Starter Gen
Component
Starter Gen
Component part number
150SG117Q
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) VIBRATION SNAG. STARTER GENERATOR REPLACED. OVERHAUL SHOP FOUND THE STEEL BEARING LINER IN THE DRIVE END ENDBELL HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM ITS CASTING AND WORE DOWN THE ALUMINUM ENDBELL. THE LINER IS CURLED ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THE ROUGH SURFACE CHEWED THE ENDBELL SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW THE ARMATURE TO RUB ON THE STATOR POLES, CAUSING LOSS OF DIAMETER OF BOTH PARTS, RENDERING THE ARMATURE AND STATOR SCRAP. THE DRIVE SHAFT DID NOT SHEAR, AND WAS NOT DAMAGED (MPI DONE). SERVICE BULLETIN SB150SG106 WAS FOUND COMPLIED WITH, THAT SB INSTALLS A DOWEL PIN TO LOCK THE LINER TO THE ENDBELL IN CASE IT SHOULD COME LOOSE.