Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
May 16, 2001
Submitted
May 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N21108
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27298
Aircraft time
26,007 hours, 6,945 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E4B3
Engine time
19,574 hours, 5,372 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
8109701
Part serial
940643
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
23,865 hours, 6,401 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE EN ROUTE FROM ANC TO SEA. ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. ILLUMINATION OF THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN SEA WITHOUT INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE BY MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD AN INFLIGHT FIRE DUE TO AN UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF THE STARTER. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.