Service difficulty report · Bracket · Gulstm 500S

Difficulty date
December 19, 2002
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1938S
Make and model
Gulstm 500S
Aircraft serial
3167
Engine
Lyc IO540*
Part
Bracket
Part number
LW11147
Condition
Broken
Location
Alternator
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REMOVAL OF ENGINE FOR OVERHAUL, ALTERNATOR BELT TENSION BRACKET WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE END THAT IS BOLTED TO THE ENGINE NOSE CASE. ON THIS INSTALLATION A VIEW OF THAT TEND OF THE BRACKET IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE, WHEN THE BRACKET WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ALTERNATOR END, IT BECAME VERY APPARENT THE PART WAS BROKEN.