Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
August 1, 2003
Submitted
August 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105TB
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
31
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
38370213
Part serial
P14719
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
6,609 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE FAILED TO START. ON INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM, FOUND STARTER CENTRIFUGAL SWITCH HAD MALFUNCTIONED. ORDERED NEW STARTER. WHEN OLD STARTER WAS REMOVED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STARTER SHAFT BEARINGS HAD FAILED, THIS IS MOST LIKELY WHAT TOOK OUT THE CENTRIFUGAL SWITCH.