What was found
FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A GENERATOR FOUR BEARING FAIL MESSAGE DURING CLIMBOUT WHILE GENERATOR 2 WAS ON MEL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NUMBER FOUR GENERATOR WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- April 24, 2011
- Submitted
- April 26, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N378SK
- Make and model
- Emb EMB135KL
- Aircraft serial
- 145593
- Aircraft time
- 24,248 hours, 19,105 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn AE3007A
- Engine time
- 21,055 hours, 19,194 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2434 · DC Generator-Alternator
- Part
- Generator
- Part number
- 30086011
- Part serial
- Y20649
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nr 4
- Part time
- 16,591 hours, 15,589 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.