Piper Warrior Checkout

[newbiepilot]

Hello,

Today was my first day checking out Piper warrior with my CFI.

The engine would not start and after few trial we saw that just switching on the Master, propellor would start turning (no need to put the keys in).

Per my CFI it could be an issue with grounding.

Anybody faced similar situation before?

We had to abort the flight.

Thanks in advance.

 

[jordane93]

Yep this happened to me. Mechanics said starter was stuck

 

[Cpt_Kirk]

Haven't had that issue yet.

 

[oregonboy109]

ghosts.

 

[Clark1961]

Yep this happened to me. Mechanics said starter was stuck

that would be the starter *relay* that was stuck...

 

[N801BH]

that would be the starter *relay* that was stuck...

 

[jordane93]

that would be the starter *relay* that was stuck...

I guess. That's why I'm not a mechanic

 

[newbiepilot]

Yep this happened to me. Mechanics said starter was stuck

Thanks Jordan

 

[GLMS_NC]

Thanks Jordan

Correct you are. Solenoid is likely stuck in the energized mode.

 

[BigBadLou]

Per my CFI it could be an issue with grounding.

Although your CFI does not seem to have any knowledge of the workings of the starter system on a piston engine, he got this one right: it is an issue and it should ground the airplane until it is fixed.

See what I did there?

 

[Clark1961]

Although your CFI does not seem to have any knowledge of the workings of the starter system on a piston engine, he got this one right: it is an issue and it should ground the airplane until it is fixed.

See what I did there?

Well it did create a path to ground...it's just that the path ran through the starter...