SDR S0700432

Service difficulty report · Commutator · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
December 3, 2007
Submitted
December 5, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N462PC
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
462
Aircraft time
2,233 hours, 1,535 cycles
Part
Commutator
Condition
Failed
Location
Starter Gen
Component
Starter Gen · Bfgoodrich
Component part number
23085025
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, E
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION AND LOSS OF PRIMARY ELECTRICAL POWER. UPON INSPECTION, ONE SEGMENT FROM COMMUTATOR WAS MISSING AND AFT END OF GENERATOR AND BRUSHES HAD SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. AFTER REPLACEMENT WITH OVERHAULED UNIT, NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED.