Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Urocop AS365N3

Difficulty date
April 23, 2014
Submitted
April 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AM
Make and model
Urocop AS365N3
Aircraft serial
4438
Aircraft time
2,398 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
6,957 hours, 14,427 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
150SG122Q
Part serial
9698XL
Condition
Faulty
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. RESET OF GENERATOR EXTINGUISHED THE CAUTION LIGHT. FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY TO HOME BASE. THE STARTER GENERATOR WAS REPLACED & THIS ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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