Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Aerosp ATR72202

Difficulty date
May 30, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72202
Aircraft time
30,145 hours
Engine
Pwa PW124B
Part
Starter Gen
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING INITIAL DESCENT, ALL COCKPIT DISPLAYS & INSTRUMENTS STARTED FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY. BUS 1 FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. BOTH ENGINES STARTED FLUCTUATING, POWER CHANGES WERE FELT BY THE CREW. EMERGENCY DECLARED, VISUAL LANDING CARRIED OUT, BOTH ENGINES RUN CARRIED OUT & COULD NOT DUPLICATE SNAG. RESISTANCE CHECKED ON ALL CONTACTS OF SWITCHES 5KG, 6KD, 23PU, 24PU & 9PD. NO FAULT FOUND, FOUND WIRE 2432-205 INSERTED AT CONTACT "E" OF 24PU. IAW AWM TRANSFERRED WIRE 2432-205 TO CONTACT "J" PRIMARY & SECONDARY CONTACTS OF CONTACTORS 1KG, 4PD, 3PA,1PA & 58PA CHECKED SERVICEABLE. FOUND STARTER/GEN NR 1 RATCHET CONNECTOR 1 PVA LOOSE, HOLDING BY CONTACTS. SUSPECT LOOSE 1 PVA CAUSING UNDERSPEED PROTECTION BY NR 1 GCU. FAULT NR 1 GEN SWITCH 5KG, IAW UNDERSPEED PROTECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY RESET ACTION, REASON WHY IT WAS COMING BACK WITHOUT GEN NR 1 SWITCH RESET. IAW MOC REQUEST, STARTER/GENERATOR NR 1 R & R IAW JIC 24-32-61, RAI 10000. RELAY 4 PD R & R IAW JIC 24-00-00, RAI 10010. BOTH DC GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT, OPS TEST CARRIED OUT IAW JIC 24-32-81, OPT 10000. DC BPCU OPS TEST CARRIED OUT IAW JIC 24-46-83, OPT 10000. RUN-UP CARRIED OUT ON BOTH ENGINES AND LEAK CHECK CARRIED OUT ON NR 1 ENGINE. FOUND SERVICEABLE.

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