Service difficulty report · Cable · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
November 4, 2002
Submitted
November 14, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N251YV
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120251
Aircraft time
22,199 hours, 31,452 cycles
Part
Cable
Part number
23080013
Part serial
5790
Condition
Shorted
Location
Apu Start Gen
Part time
5,486 hours, 7,925 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU WILL NOT START. STARTER APPEARS TO WORK BUT NO EGT OR RPM RISE. FOUND APU START/GEN GROUND CABLE MELTED DUE TO ARCING BETWEEN GENERATOR TERMINALS. ALSO FOUND TERMINAL ON START/GEN TO BE MELTED. REMOVED START/GEN AND GROUND CABLE AND REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU GCU WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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