# Incident 20140613009649I: Cessna 510, Melbourne, FL, June 13, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2014, 10:04 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N503BB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW615F-A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,626 total, 593 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140613009649I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 13, 2014, AT OR ABOUT 10:04 EDT, N503BB, A CESSNA, MODEL CE-510, DEPARTING FROM MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL, RETURNED WITHIN 10 MINUTES AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27L, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE REPORT STATES THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WITH ASSOCIATED WARNINGS, THEN THE #1 ENGINE, EMITTING SMOKE INTO THE COCKPIT. PRELIMINARY REPORTS STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD FIRE AND SMOKE BUT, ONLY SMOKE COULD BE SUBSTANTIATED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT IS MAINTAINED BY CESSNA SERVICE CENTER AND ALL INSPECTIONS ARE CURRENT TO DATE. INITIAL INSPECTION SHOWS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL IN AND AROUND THE TURBINE AND DIFFUSER CASE AREA. THE OIL TANK INDICATED EMPTY AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE THE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR, IT APPEARED VERY TIGHT. FURTHER INFORMATION DETERMINED ALTHOUGH THE CHIP DETECTOR (FUZZ BURNER) DID NOT ILLUMINATE CONTAINED MULTIPLE PIECES OF SOLID & SHAVED METAL.  DURING OUR INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE SUSTAINED A GEARBOX FAILURE DUE TO THE WIND MILLING OF THE ASSOCIATED BEARING IN WHICH AFTER FAILURE STILL ALLOWED THE PUMPS TO RUN AND PRODUCE LUBRICATION. IT DOES NOT APPEAR ANY COMPONENT BECAME DISLODGED. ALSO PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED MULTIPLE FAULT CODES PRESENT BUT, NOT UNCOMMON WHEN SHUTTING DOWN AN ENGINE AND AT THIS TIME CANNOT DETERMINE DUE TO AN UNREADABLE FORMAT PROVIDED BY THE MONITORING SYSTEM (FADEC) THAT HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED AND BEING DELIVERED TO PRATT & WHITNEY FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THE PILOT STATED THAT BEFORE AND AFTER INITIAL TAKE OFF THE ENGINES WERE PERFORMING AS INDICATED. THE AIRCRAFT WILL REMAIN IN MELBOURNE UNDER FURTHER REVIEW BY THE TEAMS OF CESSNA AND PRATT & WHITNEY TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE THE AFFECTED ENGINE AND RETURN THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AND THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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