Service difficulty report · Starter · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
August 17, 2006
Submitted
August 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905DA
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53385
Aircraft time
31,737 hours, 16,761 cycles
Engine
Iae V2525D5
Engine time
13,877 hours, 13,851 cycles
Part
Starter
Part serial
P1002
Condition
Overheated
Location
Apu
Part time
13,877 hours, 13,851 cycles
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

APU AUTO SHUTDOWN ON TAXI OUT, ACS FAULT ON OAP, AND STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN CABIN. INSTALLED NEW STARTER PER M/M. INSPECTED APU COMP. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. REPLACED APU START RELAY. APU OPS CHECKS NORMAL. STARTER LEAK CHECK GOOD. NO FAULTS.

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