Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft · Stbros SD330

Difficulty date
September 6, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Stbros SD330
Engine
Pwa PT6A45R
Part
Drive Shaft
Part number
1260
Condition
Sheared
Location
Start/Gen
Component
Lucas · BC0908
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH A GENERATOR FAULT WARNING WAS NOTED COULD NOT RESET. AFTER LANDING CREW TRIED TO MOTOR ENGINE BUT WOULD NOT START. STARTER GENERATOR FOUND SEVERELY OVERHEATED AND SOME SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE FOUND. DRIVE SHAFT HAD SHEARED.