Service difficulty report · Brushes · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
January 15, 2011
Submitted
January 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N902CF
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3630
Aircraft time
4,896 hours, 16,244 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
4,420 hours, 11,378 cycles
Part
Brushes
Condition
Worn
Location
Starter Gen
Component
Starter Gen · Tmeca
Component part number
150SG122Q
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING STARTER GENERATOR 300HR INSP FOUND BRUSH RIVET MISSING AND TENSION SPRING BROKEN. SECOND OCCURANCE OF BROKEN BRUSH, RIVET AND SPRING IN 5 MONTHS 142+12HRS, SN 10938XL2 TIME SINCE O/H 676+16 TIME SINCE REPAIR 142+12 PREVIOUS OCCURANCE SN 10260 8-24-2010. ACTT4754+42