What was found
HAD REPORT SPARKS FROM NR 2 ENGINE WHEN TRYING TO START. FOUND ENGINE STARTER NO OIL AND PIECES OF STARTER LAYING ON STARTER AIR EXHAUST SCREEN. APPEARS STARTER HAS FAILED. REPLACED STARTER.
- Difficulty date
- July 20, 2009
- Submitted
- July 22, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N221UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 30552
- Aircraft time
- 32,855 hours, 4,209 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 8011 · Engine Starter
- Part
- Starter
- Part number
- 8110503
- Part serial
- 136
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.