Service difficulty report · Starter · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
September 22, 2007
Submitted
September 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500153
Aircraft time
6,737 hours, 4,090 cycles
Part
Starter
Part number
51989262
Part serial
702
Condition
Arced
Location
Apu
Part time
702 hours, 682 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT & STARTING APU, BUS CTRL 2 FAIL CAS MESSAGE CAME ON. BUSS CONTROL SWITCH ON PANEL SWITCHED TO EMERGENCY AUTOMATICALLY WHILE OTHER ASSOCIATAED CAS MSGS. APU ABORTED START SEQUENCE AUTOMATICALLY. RT AVIONICS LOST POWER & EICAS ONLY DISPLAY LT INFO. COMPLIED WITH BUSS CONTROL FAIL CHECK LIST & LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. STARTED BOTH ENGINES & SHUTDOWN APU. RESTARTED APU & NO FAILURES NOTED BUT APU SLOW TO START WITH A HIGH AMP DRAW. SHUTDOWN APU & RESTARTED ACFT IN AIR MODE & BOTH ENGINES RUNNING. NO ELECTRICAL FAILURES OCCURED BUT APU ONCE AGAIN STARTED SLOW & A HIGH AMP DRAW ON RT BUSS. SHUTDOWN ENGINES & INSPECTED APU STARTER. FOUND APU STARTER POSITIVE TERMINAL LOOSE, BURNED, & MELTED SOLDER ARO

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