What was found
(CAN) WHILE ATTEMPTING A COMPRESSOR DESALINATION, PERFORMANCE RECOVERY WASH THE STARTER GENERATOR EMITTED A GRINDING NOISE AND FAILED UPON INITIAL SPOOL UP.
- Difficulty date
- June 3, 2013
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Airtrc AT502B
- Aircraft time
- 424 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A34AG
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB3TN3
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 250SG111Q2
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 410 hours
- 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.