# Incident 19991222038469I: Cessna 650, Portland, OR, December 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1999, 16:15 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3184Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991222038469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FRON ONTARIO, CA TO SEATTLE, WA. PILOT HEARD NOISE FROM RIGHT ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A CHIP DETECOT LIGHT.  PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTIUED.  PILOT SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE AT 4,300' AND DIVERTED TO PDX.  NO EMERGENCY DELCLARED.  ENGINE TEARDOWN REPORT FORM GARRETT INDICATED A PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE.  THE PLANETARY HEARS WERE BADLY DAMAGED AND THE OIL JET SUPPORT HAD ONE OF ITS SUPPORTS BROKENOFF COMPLETELY.  GARRETT NOTED IN THE REPORT THAT THE HOLDING THE OIL JET SUPPORT DID NOT HAVE LOCK WASHERS ON THEM WHEN REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE.  THE REPORT ALSO STATES THAT ONE PLANETARY GEAR HAD A BEARING WHOSE INNER RACE HAD LOST THE INTERFERENCE FIT AND FLOATED LOOSELY ON THE SHAFT.  THAT PARTICULAR GEAR HAD SEVERLY WORN TEETH WHEREAS THE OTHER GEARA HAVE WORN AREAS ON ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE TEEETH FACE.  REPORT CLOSED.  ENGINE TT7276.5

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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