Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
December 10, 2008
Submitted
December 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
24803
Aircraft time
87,469 hours, 13,033 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
76,301 hours, 12,136 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
774860A4
Part serial
9712102
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON FIRST START ATTEMPT ON LEFT ENGINE IT HUNG START AT ABOUT 48 PERCENT N2. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS HAD NO N2 ROTATION AND A STARTER VALVE LIGHT AND L STARTER EICAS MESSAGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENG STARTER PER AMM MFN 774860A4, FOUND STARTER/GEARBOX COUPLING SHEARED. REPLACED SAME PER M/M. STARTED ENG, ALL CHECKS NORMAL.