Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
January 31, 2006
Submitted
February 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N255QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
155
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
8060150
Part serial
1563
Condition
Seized
Location
Apu
Part time
767 hours, 668 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

WHILE SITTING ON THE RAMP WITH APU RUNNING. THE CABIN LIGHTS FLICKERED AND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT. SHUT DOWN APU. TOOK ALL PWR OFF. THERE WERE NO CB'S POPPED. THE SMELL WAS ONLY PRESENT IN THE CABIN. APU WILL NOT START. GAINED ACCESS TO APU STARTER GENERATOR AND NOTICED A HEAVY ELECTRICAL SMELL. REMOVED THE APU STARTER GENERATOR AND FOUND THE APU STARTER GENERATOR SEIZED AND THE APU SPLINE WAS SHEARED. REMOVED THE APU GEN SPLINE FROM THE APU ACCESSORY CASE SPLINE FOUND ALL SPLINES KNIFE EDGED.