SDR QMLA2024100420129

Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date: October 3, 2024
Submitted: October 4, 2024
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N136KY
Make and model: Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial: 0494
Aircraft time: 7,107 hours, 21,167 cycles
Engine: Pwa PW206B2
Engine time: 6,591 hours, 837 cycles
System (JASC): 2435 · Starter-Generator
Part: Starter Gen
Part number: 23081073
Part serial: 97257
Condition: Faulted
Location: Zone 400
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: H
Precautionary procedure: C

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

What was found

UPON CLIMB OUT, BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SUBSEQUENT AUDIBLE ALARM, IT WENT OFF AND ON TWICE, OBSERVED VOLTAGE DROP AND SURGE, AS WELL AS CABIN LIGHT DIM AND BRIGHTEN AS WELL AS A HIGH PITCHED ELECTRICAL NOISE HEARD BY ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS. RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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