JASC 8120
Service difficulty reports · 459
Reports filed under 8120 · Exhaust Turbocharger, newest first.
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SDR CA150527001Plate · cracked(CAN) RIGHT ENG TURBO SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED.SDR NF2D2015FA0000205Clamp · failedTHE TURBOCHARGER WAS REPLACED, THE EXHAUST CLAMPS WERE INSPECTED AND REUSED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE ACFT DEPARTED FOR ITS HOME AIRPORT WHERE UPON INSPECTION AFTER LANDING, IT WAS FOUND THA THE CLAMP HOLDINGTHE EXHAUST PIPE TO THE TURBOCHARGER HASDR YN8R201503120001Controller · failedDURING FLIGHT, LOST PARTIAL POWER. RETURNED FOR LANDING. DURING MAINTENANCE RUN THE NEXT MORNING, FOUND THE WASTEGATE CONTROLLER, WAS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY TO ADJUSTMENTS. R & R CONTROLLERSDR CA150315001Probe · loose(CAN) LT TURBO CHARGER TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE, TIT, PROBE FOUND HANGING AND LOOSE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HEAT STAINS FORMED ON THE INSIDE LT SIDE OF THE LOWER COMPOSITE ENGINE COWLING. PROBE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY INSTALLED AND TORQUED AT RECENT INSTSDR CA150220003Tailpipe · fractured(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED LEFT DE-ICE BOOT WAS NOT INFLATING. UPON INSPECTION THE DE-ICE LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE LT NACELLE WAS COMPLETELY MELTED. THE UPPER TAIL-PIPE COMING OUT OF THE TURBOCHARGE HAD SPLIT AND TORN, ALLOWING HOT EXHAUST GASES TO HIT THE FIREWASDR JIKA2015010802Seal · leakingDURING CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON THE LT ENGINE. VISUALLY THE PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE LT ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE LT ENGINE, RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LT ENGINE TURBO CHARGER OIL SEAL FAILED CAUSSDR CA150107003Latch · detached(CAN) THE ALTERNATE AIR BOX MAGNETIC DOOR LATCH CAME OFF AND WENT THROUGH THE TURBOCHARGER. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A CRACK EAR THE LATCH THAT STARTED THE FAULT.SDR 2014FA0000662Lock Nut · detachedTHE LOCKNUT ON THE TURBO COMPRESSOR SHAFT CAME OFF. THE NUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE COMPRESSOR FAN BLADES. THE INTER-COOLER WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AFTER IT INGESTED FRAGMENTS FROM THE FAN BLADE AND NUT.SDR CA141114013Bearing · failed(CAN) TURBOCHARGER WAS LEAKING OIL INTO EXHAUST CAUSING SMOKE AFTER LANDING.SDR CA141027002Turbocharger · failed(CAN) DURING CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKEOFF LT ENGINE LOST POWER. CREW RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND TURBOCHARGER HAD FAILED. TURBOCHARGER REPLACED AND ENGINE CHECKED SERVICEABLE.SDR JIKA2014090401Turbocharger · leakingDURING FLIGHT LT ENG LOST MANIFOLD PRESS DROPPED TO 27 INCHES, PILOT DECLARED AN EMER & DIVERTED & LANDED AT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAULTY TURBOCHARGER ON LT ENG. R & R TURBOCHARGER & PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF ENG. ALL PERFOSDR CA140904011Turbocharger · damaged(CAN) AFTER TAKE OFF AND ENTERING CRUISE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER ON LT ENGINE. ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN AT THAT TIME, SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEAVY OIL STREAKING AND SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM ENGINE COWLING PANELS AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN, PROP FSDR CA140823001Coupling · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, FOUND ENGINE EXHAUST TO TURBOCHARGER WASTEGATE VALVE V-BAND COUPLING, CRACKED.SDR LC1R20140613001Wastegate Valve · erodedTROUBLE SHOT A LOW MANIFOLD PRESS PROBLEM, FOUND WASTE GATE BUTTERFLY OVER 80% ERODED AWAY. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE INDUCTION SYS OR TO THE TURBOCHARGER.SDR MKHA2014FA0000065Impeller · seizedDURING CLIMBOUT, LEFT TURBOCHARGER EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FAILURE. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURBOCHARGER WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE IMPELLER WAS SEIZED.SDR 2014FA0000001Plate · crackedENGINE WAS IN OVERHAUL, A REBUILT TURBOCHARGER WAS INSTALLED ON THE ENGINE AT THAT TIME. THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED, THE TURBOCHARGER WAS REMOVED DUE TO AN OIL LEAK AND RETURNED. TURBOCHARGER WAS REPAIRED AND REINSTALLED ON THE ENGINE. THE TURBOCHARGER WAS RESDR KY7A20131218001Duct Clamp · looseENGINE LOST POWER DURING CLIMB & OTHER ACFT REPORTED EXCESSIVE EXHAUST SMOKE. SHUT DOWN & SECURED ENG & RETURNED FOR LANDING. FOUND A LOOSE CLAMP ON THE COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE COUPLING CAUSING INDUCTION AIR TO BE DISCHARGED PRIOR TO REACHING THE ENG INTAKE & CSDR ASAA2013101996214Exhaust Gate · wornRT WING INBD EXHAUST GATE WORN. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED DAMAGE AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 57-53-01-1A-A. R & R RT WING INBD EXHAUST GATE PANEL ASSY IAW AMM 27-51-05.SDR 2013FA0000635Attach Fitting · wornEXCESSIVE WEAR NOTED AT SLAVE, RT, WASTEGATE BUTTERFLY SHAFT CONTROL ATTACHMENT TAB. WEAR ON ATTACH POINT OF ACTIVATOR LINKAGE ALSO. ENGINE HAS BEEN ALTERED STC SE10589SC TORNADO ALLEY TURBO INSTALL. NEED TO REQUIRE RECURRING DETAILED INSPECTIONS OF THIS ASDR HYIA20131003001Turbocharger · failedRIGHT ENGINE STEADY, LOSS OF MAP IN CRUISE WITH CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE. ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN AND SECURE RT ENGINE IN FLIGHT AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. DURING INSPECTION, RT ENGINE TURBOCHARGER FOUND TO BE AT FAULT. REPLACED RT TURBOCHASDR 2013FA0000615Control Rod · brokenWASTE GATE CONTROLLER ROD BROKE DURING FINAL ON LANDING. THE ENGINE WENT TO 35 PERCENT POWER. THIS PART HAS AN AD WHICH STATES THAT YOU CHANGE THE PART TO A NEW PART REV 070 OR HIGHER. COMPLIED WITH MFG SB MSB-E4-007/3 ON APRIL 16, 2013. THE REV OF THE PARSDR WS9R2013FA0000568Adapter · crackedEXHAUST STAINING ON THE OUTSIDE OF COWLING. DISCOVERED EXHAUST HAS BEEN PRESSURIZED AT EVERY ANNUAL SINCE INSTALLATION. CRACK WAS NOT EVIDENT IN AT THE LAST ANNUAL APPROX 90 HRS AGO. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE STRESS ON THE EXHASDR 2013FA0000508Wastegate Valve · separatedTHREADS IN WASTEGATE ACTUATOR FAILED AT OIL FEED LINE, FITTING SEPARATED FORM ACTUATOR RELEASING ALL OIL FROM LT ENGINE DURING FLIGHT.SDR BDEA2013F00114Bearing · failedLOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT (12,000 FT) IN THE LT ENGINE CAUSING A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE BEARING IN THE TURBOCHARGER HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED SUBSTANTIAL OIL LOSS.SDR CA130709013Turbocharger · failed(CAN) AT APPROXIMATELY 7000`, THE RT MANIFOLD PRESSURE STARTED DECREASING, AS MORE POWER WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE STARTED SURGING. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE RT ENGINE BEGAN TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND WASSDR 2013FA0000355Shaft · fracturedAIRCRAFT WAS IN A CLIMB THROUGH 19,000 FEET AND THE PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND UNSCHEDULED LANDING WAS SET. AS PLANE REACHED A LOWER ALTITUDE, SOME POWER WAS RESTORED. ON LANDING, INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE SHAFT BETWEEN THE COMSDR 2013FA0000131Controller · malfunctionedDURING CLIMB, THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF TURBOCHARGING AND CABIN PRESSURIZATION. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE TURBO CONTROLLER HAD FAILED. THIS WAS THE 4TH FAILED TURBO CONTROLLER IN 12 MONTHS AND APPROX 165 HRS SMOH. THE TURBO CONTROLLER DELIVERED WITH SDR DXTA2013012405260Turbocharger · inoperativeON INITIAL START UP OF APU A STRONG BURNING ODOR WAS OBSERVED FOLLOWED BY A VISABLE MIST IN THE COCKPIT ONLY. THIS OCCURED AS THE ISOLATION VALVE WAS OPENED. PERFORMED APU RUN DUPLICATED DISCREPANCY. NOTED BURNING SMELL FROM COCKPIT WEMAC. RELOCATED ACFT TOSDR HYIA20130118001Turbocharger · failedPILOT REPORTED A GRADUAL POWER LOSS, ACCOMPANIED BY PARTIAL ENGINE STUTTER DURING FLIGHT IN THE RT ENGINE. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT PLANNED DESTINATION AIRPORT AND BROUGHT THE ACFT IN FOR MX. UPON INSPECTION, THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY OF OIL. AS THSDR CA121218013Bolt · missing(CAN) DURING INSPECTION, THE LT ENGINE TURBO ATTACH BOLTS FOUND MISSING. TURBO WAS FOUND RESTING AGAINST THE ENGINE MOUNT AND WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE EXHAUST PIPES AND TOP MOUNT BRACKET ONLY. WHEN RE-POSITIONED, INTAKE CASE WAS FOUND UNSERVICEABLE DUE TO SDR CA121123005Blade · failed(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORT ENGINE POWER ROLL BACK DURING CRUISE. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND SECURED. MAINTENACE FOUND SEVERAL DAMAGED AND BLADE SECTIONS MISSING FROM TURBO COMPRESSOR. NO ENGINE INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE FOUND. TURBO REPLACED AND ACFT RELEASED FOR SERVICSDR HYIA20121003001Turbocharger · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED DURING CLIMB AT ABOUT 400 FT AGL, STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND ENCOUNTERED ROUGHNESS FROM THE LT ENGINE. PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE, FEATHERED PROP, AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD. ON MX INSPECTION, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TURBOCHARGER. OPENSDR CA120920004Exhaust Port · mismanufactured(CAN) WHEN THE CUSTOMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE, THEY NOTICED THAT THE ID OF THE FLANGE ON THE TURBO WAS MACHINED INCORRECTLY. IT SEEMS THAT THE BEVELED PART OF THE ID WASN`T MACHINED DEEP ENOUGH, WHICH WOULDN`T ALLOW THE TAIL PIPE`S FSDR 2012FA0000640Check Valve · obstructedAT 15,000 FT IN CRUISE, PILOT EXPERIENCED DROP IN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE. ON LANDING, FOUND ENGINE EXHAUST COATED WITH ENGINE OIL AND DRIPPING FROM TAIL PIPE. INSPECTION OF TURBOCHARGER INSTALLATION REVEALED LOWEST CHECK VALVE TO HSDR 2012FA0000659Nut · failedENGINE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN MANIFOLD PRESSURE IN THE CLIMB. ON GROUND RUNS THE MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE LT TURBOCHARGER AUDIBLY HAD A DIFFERENT PITCH THAN BEFORE. REMOVAL OF THE INDUCTION SYS REVEALED THAT THE LT TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR WHEEL RETAINING NUTSDR CA120828003Turbocharger · seized(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF MAINIFOLD PRESSURE ON TAKEOFF MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TURBO CHARGER SEIZED.SDR 2012FA0000596Clamp · crackedTURBOCHARGER TURBINE TO TAILPIPE V BAND CLAMP, FOUND TO HAVE A 3" LONG CRACK ALONG THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE V BAND. CRACK SEPARATION WAS LESS THAN .0625" AT THE WIDEST POINT. THIS IS NOT A MULTI-SEGMENT V BAND. NO EXHAUST LEAK EVIDENT. DISCOVERED DURING SDR BSYA2012029Turbocharger · defectiveON CLIMBOUT OF BUY, PILOT NOTICED RIGHT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND NOTICED DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE. PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER AND PROCEEDED TO RETURN BACK AND LAND SAFELY AT BUY WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE TURBO CHARGSDR CA120605008Valve · failed(CAN) DURING TAKEOFF, THE CONTROL TOWER REPORTED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM RT ENGINE AREA. PILOT COULD NOT GET ABOVE 30" MANIFOLD PR. FROM RT ENGINE. ACFT RETURNED AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN DRILL CARRIED OUT ON LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND RT ENGINE TURBO WASTE GATE SDR CA120518007Bolt · missing(CAN) OIL SUMP BOLTS FOR THE TURBO EXHAUST STAYS ON BOTH ENGINES, LT SNAPPED, RT MISSING. CAUSED THE EXHAUST STAY TO WEAR INTO THE OIL SUMPS, PAINT WEAR ON LT ENGINE, HOLE IN OIL SUMP FOR THE RT ENGINE. WHICH RESULTED IN AN OIL LEAK ON THE RT ENGINE.SDR 2012FA0000424Mount · crackedON ANNUAL INSP, FOUND LT AND RT ENGINE TURBO MOUNTS CRACKED AT THE UPPER TURBO ATTACH POINT. PARTS WERE SENT BACK FOR REPAIR AND REINSTALLATION.SDR CA120511005Mount · broken(CAN) TURBO MOUNT LT UPPER TUBE FWD OF TURBO ATTACHMENT FOUND BROKEN DURING REGULAR INSPECTION.SDR VNFR20121204001Wastegate Valve · crackedSMALL CRACK NOTED ABOVE WASTEGATE - OTBD SIDE OF TRANSITION.SDR CA120508002Clamp · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION FOUND TURBOCHARGER TAILPIPE CLAMP CRACKED.SDR J7B2012F00000Bearing · wornSHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, A MINOR FLUCTUATION OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS OBSERVED ON THE RT ENGINE. THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RT ENGINE TURBOCHARGER CENTER BEARING HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR CAUSING THE SDR CA120306004Linkage · broken(CAN) THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE WASTE GATE AND THE WASTE GATE CONTROLLER BROKE AT THE CONTROLLER END, ON TAKEOFF, CAUSING AN OVERBOOST IN MANIFOLD PREASURE.SDR EPUA20120813003Support · brokenDURING SCHEDULED ENGINE INSPECTION, THE LT BOTTOM TUBE OF THE TURBOCHARGER SUPPORT WAS FOUND BROKEN NEAR THE WELDED GUSSET.SDR BSYA2011038Controller · out of adjustON TAKEOFF THE RIGHT ENGINE ONLY BOOSTED TO 38 INCHES AND BOTH ENGINES WERE SURGING 1.5 INCH MANIFOLD PRESSURE. RETURNED. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED RIGHT DENSITY CONTROLLER AND CLEANED LEFT ENG FUEL NOZZLES, BOTH ENG'S OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR EPUA2011112300002Turbine Wheel · misoverhauledTURBOCHARGER FAILURE OF TURBINE WHEEL ASSY DUE TO INCORRECT ASSEMBLY OF TURBOCHARGER FROM MFG. WASHER PN 407135-0000 WAS INSTALLED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BEARING JOURNAL 407134-0000.SDR CA111117011Mount · cracked(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION OF RT ENGINE, THE LT UPPER TURBO MOUNT TUBE WAS FOUND CRACKED. TURBO MOUNT REPLACED WITH PN: LW15952. TSN OF REMOVED PART COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
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