What was found
DRIVE SHAFT FOUND SHEARED. PROBABLE CAUSE: GENERATOR BROUGHT ON LINE WITH HIGH ELECTRICAL LOAD. RECOMMENDATION: PILOT BRING ON LINE WITH LOW LOAD AND THEN ADD LOAD.
- Difficulty date
- March 1, 2004
- Submitted
- June 10, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N228LA
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 3316
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1
- System (JASC)
- 2435 · Starter-Generator
- Part
- Shaft
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Starter Gen
- Part time
- 139 cycles
- 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.