AN EMBRAER 120 AFTER PARKING AT MCO; RPTED SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM #2 ENG CAUSED BY A FAILED STARTER GENERATOR.
Synopsis
AN EMBRAER 120 AFTER PARKING AT MCO; RPTED SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM #2 ENG CAUSED BY A FAILED STARTER GENERATOR.
Narrative
ACFT HAD R GENERATOR MEL INOP ENRTE TO TLH. WE PICKED UP ACFT IN TLH AND NOTED PROB ON PREFLT. ENG WAS STARTED IN A NORMAL MANNER; HOWEVER; IGNITION LIGHT REMAINED ON. AN INDICATION OF A HUNG STARTER. UPON A DOUBLECHK OF ALL ENG INSTS; THERE WAS NO OTHER VERIFICATION OF THIS PROB. DISCUSSING AND BELIEVING THE INDICATION WAS A DIFFERENT SIT OF NO SIGNIFICANCE; POSSIBLY THE GENERATOR CTL UNIT OF THE FAILED GENERATOR; WE TAXIED OUT TO CONTINUE THE FLT TO MCO WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF EXCEPT FOR TKOF AND LNDG. DURING THE CLB; WE NOTICED A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL AMPERES LOAD. THIS PROB WAS RADIOED TO MAINT TO BE CHKED OUT UPON ARR MCO. AFTER LNDG AND DEPLANING THE PAX; A RAMP MAN ADVISED THE CREW OF A HOT SMELL AND SMOKE FROM THE R ENG. I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY SMOKE; HOWEVER; IMMEDIATELY TOOK ALL ELECTRICAL PWR OFF AND SHUT THE ACFT DOWN. THERE WAS NO FIRE; BUT THE START- GENERATOR WAS EXTREMELY HOT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS AN EMBRAER 120 AND MAINT RPTED THE FAILED COMPONENT WAS THE STARTER/GENERATOR UNIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.