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Monday, August 20, 2007

FAA Aviation Maintenance Alerts

Lamar: PM2401 Starter; Commutator Separation; ATA 8011 
(A repair station technician provides a short description of a failed starter for a 320 Lycoming on a Cessna 172.) “A segment of the commutator came off during starting, completely destroying the brushes on the inside of the starter.” A search of the FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (SDRS) database revealed 20 entries for this ATA code and model starter.) Part Total Time: 1,198.9 hours.