Service difficulty report · Mount · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
August 5, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
15,999 hours
Engine
Lyc LTIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Mount
Condition
Broken
Location
Starter
Part time
258 hours
Component
Starter
Component part number
149NLR
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DURING ROUTINE MX INSP, THE RT STARTER FWD UPPER STARTER MOUNT FOUND BROKEN AWAY FROM STARTER HSG. STARTER ASSY REPLACED WITH NEW. THIS STARTER WAS THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION FROM O/H ENGINE VENDOR. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND SUBSEQUENTLY ON 3 OTHER ACFT, ALL RT ENGINES AND ALL NEW INSTALLATIONS BY SAME ENGINE AGENCY.

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