What was found
COWLING OF AIRCRAFT FOUND WITH EXCESSIVE CARBON CONTAMINATION. REMOVED STARTER GENERATOR. TEARDOWN REPORT REVEALED THE STARTER SHORTED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
- Difficulty date
- January 3, 2002
- Submitted
- February 27, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N441SA
- Make and model
- Cessna 441
- Aircraft serial
- 4410172
- Engine
- Garrtt TPE331*
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 23079004
- Part serial
- WE3670L
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 9 hours
- 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.