Service difficulty report · Ground Stud · Israel 1124

Difficulty date
March 26, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Israel 1124
Part
Ground Stud
Condition
Arcing
Location
R/H Start/Gen
Part time
5,204 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) ERRATIC ENGINE ROTATION AND A CLUNKING SOUND AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF ATTEMPTED ENGINE START, THE ENGINE START WAS THEN ABORTED. DURING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE THERE WAS NO SOUND OR ENGINE ROTATION ON PRESSING THE STARTER SWITCH. DURING INSPECTION, THE STARTER GENERATOR GROUND ATTACHMENT POINT WAS FOUND BADLY BURNT.

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