Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
June 22, 2025
Submitted
June 25, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N787TS
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
355
Aircraft time
3,108 hours, 2,004 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Engine time
3,108 hours, 2,004 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
6608512006
Part serial
1437XL
Condition
Sheared
Location
Zone 400
Part time
833 hours, 516 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E, G
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(KDAL TO KAPA) AND THE FO WAS THE PILOT FLYING. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD. AT CRUISE ALTITUDE (FL400) A R GEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THE CHECKLIST. THE GENERATOR DID NOT RESET AND WE TURNED THE GENERATOR OFF. WE ALSO FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION AT THIS TIME. FIVE TO TEN MINUTES LATER, WE GOT A R ENG VIB LIGHT FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY A R OIL PRESS LIGHT. THE OIL PRESSURE WAS AT 5 PSI AND THE CHECKLIST LED US TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO STAND BY. ON FINAL, THE CONTROLLER ASKED IF WE WOULD CLEAR THE RUNWAY AND WE SAID WE PLANNED TO DO THAT. WE LANDED AT KAPA ON RUNWAY 17L AND ROLLED TO TAXIWAY A16, CLEARED THE RUNWAY, AND TAXIED IN. WE TOLD THE CONTROLLER WE WOULD NOT NEED FURTHER ASSISTANCE AND, FOLLOWING SHUTDOWN, NOTICED OIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEHIND THE RIGHT ENGINE.