Service difficulty report · Terminal · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
January 27, 2020
Submitted
January 27, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432CV
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
119
Aircraft time
7,299 hours, 9,637 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Burned
Location
Nr 2 Generator
Part time
16,364 hours, 18,441 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PILOT NOTED AFTER ENGINE START THAT GENERATOR 2 WAS TRIPPED OFF LINE. THE PILOT MEL'D GENERATOR 2 AND RETURNED TO HOME BASE. A TECHNICIAN NOTED UPON AN INSPECTION OF GENERATOR 2 THAT THE RING TERMINAL ATTACHED TO THE GENERATOR OUTPUT POST (B+) WAS SEVERELY HEAT DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH RESISTANCE. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE RING TERMINAL AND, AS A PRECAUTION, REPLACED THE GENERATOR 2. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED. GENERATOR 2 OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.