Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Beech 99

Difficulty date
September 7, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft time
25,156 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Cooling Fan
Condition
Broken
Location
Starter Gen
Part time
1,581 hours
Component
Starter-Gen · Trw
Component part number
23048016
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION, THE ENGINEER PULLED THE STARTER-GENERATOR AND NOTICED THE COOLING FAN BROKEN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE ENGINEER NOTICED THAT 1 OF THE BROKEN FAN BLADES WAS PROVIDING A GROUND PATH INTERNALLY BETWEEN THE GENERATOR AND THE CASE.

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