What was found
GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE FLIGHT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A STRONG ODOR OF BURNING AND VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. ELECTED TO LAND. STARTER GENERATOR WAS ON FIRE.
- Difficulty date
- August 19, 2012
- Submitted
- August 22, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N350AM
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3996
- Aircraft time
- 3,253 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 150SG122Q
- Part serial
- S00115
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 17 hours
- Stage of operation
- AA
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B, A
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.