Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
April 14, 2007
Submitted
April 17, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N197DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
28454
Aircraft time
44,332 hours, 6,765 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
46,484 hours, 6,999 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
774860A4
Condition
Sparks
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING TAXI AND START OF RT ENG, HAD NO ROTATION AND SPARKS FROM STARTER AREA AFTER START VALVE OPENED. STARTER FAILED AND ALSO DAMAGED THE START VALVE. REPLACED STARTER AND START VALVE.