Service difficulty report · Seal · Amd FALCON20C5

Difficulty date
October 31, 2012
Submitted
October 31, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N158TW
Make and model
Amd FALCON20C5
Aircraft serial
158
Aircraft time
15,450 hours, 14,048 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Failed
Location
Starter Gen
Part time
135 hours, 104 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RT GENERATOR TRIP OFF LINE IN FLIGHT, FOLLOWED BY LT GENERATOR. ACFT DIVERTED, LANDING NORMALLY. MX DISCOVERED RT GENERATOR OIL SOAKED AS A RESULT OF THE AXIS C SEAL LEAKING. REPLACED AXIS C SEAL AND RT STARTER GENERATOR. DETERMINED NO FAULT WITH LT GENERATOR SYS. ACFT ELECTRICAL GENERATION SYS GROUND CHECKED NORMAL.