Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
October 13, 2015
Submitted
October 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351LN
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
3696
Aircraft time
5,171 hours, 16,208 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
5,474 hours, 14,658 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
150SG122Q
Part serial
10304XL2
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
3,356 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROX 25 MINUTES INTO A 35 MINUTE FLIGHT, THE MASTER CAUTION FUEL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CROSS CHECKED THE INSTRUMENTS & ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. BRIEFED CREW THAT WE HAD LOST A FUEL BOOST PUMP. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE ACFT INTERIOR LIGHTING BEGAN TO FLICKER & THE VOLTAGE WAS DECREASING BELOW 20 VOLTS. NO OTHER MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, INCLUDING THE GEN LIGHT. ALL ELEC POWER WAS RAPIDLY FAILING, VOLTAGE CONTINUED TO DECREASE. ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE GEN, WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ACFT GEN & BATTERY WERE R & R. FOUND BRUSH MATERIAL FROM THE STARTER GEN ON THE ENG DECK, DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER GEN HAD FAILED. REPLACED STARTER GEN, FOUND THE ACFT BATTERY HAD BEEN DRAINED TO 0 VOLTS, REPLACED THE ACFT BATTERY. OPERATIONAL CHECK PREFORMED & ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.