What was found
DURING APU START HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND NOTICED BLACK SMOKE FROM THE APU EXHAUST. CLEARED 3/1 BY REPLACING STARTER/GENERATOR. RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- February 26, 2011
- Submitted
- March 3, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N403QX
- Make and model
- Bombdr DHC8402
- Aircraft serial
- 4037
- Aircraft time
- 24,076 hours, 25,288 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Starter Gen
- Part number
- 11524003
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.