What was found
DURING APPROACH, GENERATOR INDICATED ZERO AMPS AND BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY. PILOT PERFORMED NORMAL LANDING AT AIRPORT. MECHANIC REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR.
- Difficulty date
- November 1, 2013
- Submitted
- November 4, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N533AM
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 4620
- Aircraft time
- 1,340 hours, 5,012 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 1,247 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 200SGL130Q
- Part serial
- 9443XL2
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,392 hours
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- H
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.