JASC 8500
Service difficulty reports · 745
Reports filed under 8500 · Engine (Reciprocating), newest first.
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SDR CA120206004Manifold · cracked(CAN) THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WELD WAS FOUND CRACKED DURING A 100HRS INSPECTION. THE PART WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE COOLING FAN BALANCED.SDR CA111202007Engine · making metal(CAN) ACFT WAS ON PPC RIDE. LEFT ENGINE OIL QTY WAS OBSERVED TO BE LOW AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND PROPELLER FEATHERED. ACFT LANDED AND IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY 8 GALLONS LEFT IN THE TANK. THE OIL WAS PUMPED OUT OF THE CRANKCASE BREATHER FOR UNKNOWN RSDR 2011FA0000768Engine · failedACFT ENGINE HAD 35 HRS SINCE O/H. O/H FACILITY "BROKE IN" ENGINE. POST CATASTROPHIC FAILURE INSPECTION REVEALED EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES, IE: CRANKSHAFT JOURNALS MELTED, STRETCHED VALVES, DISCOLORATION IN RODS AND CYLINDERS. EXACT CAUSE UNDETERMINED. PRSDR 2011FA0000748Engine · failedDURING CRUISE AT 25,000 FEET, DETECTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. SHORTLY AFTER THE LEFT ENGINE INDICATORS SHOWED LOW OIL PRESSURE (IN THE RED) AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR. SHUTDOWN ENGINE, AND DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT. ON LANDING, OBSERVEDSDR GWH2011F00000Drive Belt · frayedBELT WAS FOUND TO BE FRAYED ABOUT .5" IN FROM THE AFT SIDE, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF BELT. PILOT STATED BELT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION WHEN ACFT WAS PREFLIGHTED ABOUT AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. HE HEARD A "POP" AND RETURNED TO THE HANGAR TO FIND RUBBER CHIPS AND SDR CA111024008Nut · loose(CAN) CRANKSHAFT THRUST NUT FOUND UNDER TORQUE CAUSING EXCESSIVE CRANKSHAFT END PLAY. FOUND DURING PILOT WALK AROUND.SDR CA110926005Engine · failed(CAN) THE ENGINE SUDDENTLY STOP DURING ENGINE GROUND RUN AT HIGH POWER. AFTER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ENGINE VERY STIFF TO TURN BY HAND. VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE & OIL FILTER CARRIED OUT NO DEFECT FOUND. ENGINE WILL BE REMOVED AND SEND TO O/H SHOP FOR INSDR CA110920009Manifold · cracked(CAN) INTAKE MANIFOLD FOUND CRACKED DURING INSPECTION.SDR CA110920011Engine · making metal(CAN) ON 100HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION, METAL DEBRIS FOUND IN OIL FILTER. ON FURTHER INSPECTION, SCORING FOUND ON CAMSHAFT AND LIFTER "MISSING A CHUNK (OF METAL)". ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE, ENGINE REMOVED FROM AIRFRAME AND SENT FOR MAJOR O/H.SDR JIKA11083101Engine · making metalTHE PILOT REPORTED THAT TAKEOFF AND CLIMB APPEARED NORMAL, SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING OFF FOR CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT REPORTED A YAW TO THE LEFT AND SUSPECTED A LEFT ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE FOR ENGINE FAILURE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTARTSDR 2011FA0000539Engine · failedENGINE FAILED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD "BANG" COME FROM THE ENGINE WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, FOLLOWED BY TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE.SDR 2011FA0000632Tappet · damagedAFTER FINDING MAGNETIC METAL FLAKES IN OIL FILTER AT ANNUAL INSP, ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND DISASSEMBLED. INSP REVEALED SEVERE FLAKING AND SPALLING OF 2 EA TAPPET FACES AND DAMAGE TO THE CORRESPONDING CAM LOBES. NONE AT THIS TIME. SUSPECT MFG PROBSDR 2011FA0000567Engine · power lossTOTAL LOSS OF POWER ON TAKEOFF. 500 HOURS SINCE O/H.SDR CA110725008Engine · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKING OFF AND IN CLIMB, PILOT FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION IN LT SIDE OF ACFT. HE CHECKED HIS ENGINE GAUGES AND NOTED THAT THE LT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. HE SHUT DOWN THE LT ENGINE, FEATHERED THE PROP AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE ACFT WAS PULLEDSDR 2011FA0000458Gear · wornWHILE PERFORMING AN ANNUAL INSP OF THE ENGINE, NOTICED ALTERNATOR HSG LOOSE. 500HR ALTERNATOR INSP WAS DUE. SO UPON REMOVAL OF ALTERNATOR FOR INSP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THE TEETH ON THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR FACE WERE EITHER MISSING OF SEVERLY WORN. THERESDR ENHA2011F00000Engine · seizedAFTER MAKING A NORMAL TAKEOFF FROM THE AIRPORT AND CLIMBING TO 2000 FT, APPROX 5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTED AN ENGINE SURGE AFTER WHICH THE RPM DROPPED SLIGHTLY. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ENGINE ROUGHNESS. A CHECK OF THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS CONFIRMEDSDR CA110622002Engine · making metal(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT PERFORMANCE WAS LOW AND DURING FLIGHT THERE WAS A SPLIT IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE INDICATION. AFTER GROUND RUN-UP BY A MECHANIC, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS HARD TO ROTATE BY HAND. THE OIL FILTER WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND TO SDR CA110603005Engine · seizedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND FROM ENGINE. ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CARRIED OUT AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT, PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. AT THIS TIME ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THE ENGINE IS SIEZED AND WISDR 2011FA0000342Hose · deterioratedTHE CRANKCASE BREATHER LINE IS ATTACHED TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND IS SCAVENGED BY THE EXHAUST. HOWEVER, THE OPENING INSIDE THE TAILPIPE IS BECOMING CLOGGED UP WITH BURNED OIL AND IS CLOSING UP, CAUSING A RESTRICTION IN THE BREATHER SYS. ALSO NOTED, IS THE MATESDR 2011FA0000317Engine · misoverhauledREMOVED ENGINE OIL PUMP SUCTION SCREEN AS PART OF 100 HR INSP. FOUND OLD STYLE SUCTION SCREEN WITH FOD IN IT CONSISTING OF 1EA, .2500" AN FLAT WASHER, 2 EA SPRINGS SUCH AS USED IN GARLOCK SEALS (THESE HAD PARTIALLY PENETRATED THE SUCTION SCREEN BY ABOUT .7500SDR 2011FA0000578Engine · making metalTHE ENGINE NEVER DEVELOPED RATED HP. SINCE NEW. THEN FAILED TO MEET STATIC RPM. THE ENGINE ALWAYS GENERATED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF METAL. OIL SCREEN WAS CHECKED AND STEEL WAS PRESENT. ENGINE RETURNED TO MFG FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR TESTING.SDR 2011FA0000280Retainer · broken37 HOURS SINCE THE ENGINE WAS LAST REASSEMBLED, THE VALVE COVERS WERE REMOVED. BROKEN PUSH ROD RETAINER SPRINGS WERE FOUND IN 3 OUT OF 4 CYLINDERS. 1 BROKEN STEEL SPRING PIECE HAD BEEN BENT BY THE ROCKET ARM AND HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DENTED THE VALVE COVER NEARLYSDR 2011FA0000266Engine · making metalALL PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS COMPLETED, BOTH ENGINES STARTED NORMALLY, TAXI AND ENG PERFORMANCE CHECKS WERE ALL WITHIN LIMITS. BEFORE CLEARANCE TO TAKEOFF THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS RUN UP TO 50" MAP WITH ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL, UNTIL ABOUT 12 SECONDS ASDR UOI2011F00001Bolt · brokenBOLT DAMAGE, IDLER GEAR SHAFT BOLT.SDR CA110317003Engine · failed(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOUD BANG & SUBSEQUENT ENG FAILURE. AUTO-ROTATED TO OPEN FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME DURING THE LANDING. ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD & TRANSPORTED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ACFT PANELS WE REMOVED & A LARGE HOLE IN THE CRANSDR CA110214008Engine · failedABORTED T/O DURING ROUTINE TRAINING MISSION, ON THE 5TH TOUCH AND GO, SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE MASTER CAUTION CAME WITH ENG SYS CONTROL LT AND RT FAIL. THE T/O WAS ABORTED AND AN UNEVENTFUL BRAKED LANDING PERFORMED. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO RESET FAULT, PERFORSDR CA110208014Engine · failed(CAN) ABORTED TAKEOFF DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, ON TAKE-OFF ROLL, FLIGHT WAS ABORTED WHEN CREW NOTICED LEFT AND RIGHT FADEC FAULT CAS MESSAGE. AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO HANGAR. TROUBLESHOOTING ONGOING. MANUFACTURER WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPSDR KRTR200110223001Engine · misoverhauledDURING REPLACEMENT OF THE STARTER ADAPTER, P/N 635048A16. NOTICED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR LOCATED AT THE AFT END OF THE CRANSHAFT DID NOT HAVE SAFETY WIRE ON THE ATTATCHMENT BOLTS. IT WAS FURTHER DISCOVERED THAT THE CAMSHAFT GEAR LOCATED AT THE AFT END OF TSDR 2011FA0000092Support Bracket · chafedTHE VERTICAL SUPPORT ROD SUPPORTING THE TURBOS WAS BEING CHAFED BY THE SUPPORT BRACKET. THE SUPPORT BRACKET CHANGED PN OLD: ETI-62-103-1, NEW: 22-625-0006 AND 22-625-0005. THE VERTICAL SUPPORT ROD DID NOT CHANGE PN, HOWEVER BOTH LT AND RT RODS WERE REPLACED SDR CA101123001Engine · failed(CAN) DURING APPROACH, ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE OIL TEMPERATURE STARTED TO RISE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT AIRPORT. THE OIL SCREEN WAS PULLED AND REVEALED AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FERROUS AND NON FERROUS METALS. THSDR 2010FA0001177Case · puncturedPILOT REPORTED LOSSING OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER. AFTER FORCED LANDING ON DIRT ROAD, INSP SHOWED CONNECTING ROD HAD PENETRATED UPPER LT SIDE OF MAIN CASE.SDR ZB0R201000008Case · leaking(ZB0R) DURING OIL CHANGE, TECH FOUND NR3 CASE SEAM BOLT ON TOP HAD OIL ON IT. RUN-UP REVEALED CASE SEAM LEAKING 1" FWD OF BOLT. ENGINE REMOVED FOR OVERHAUL.SDR CA101027006Engine · fod(CAN) ALUMINUM PLUG LEFT IN BYPASS OIL PORT AFTER INITIAL START/RUN BY OVERHAUL SHOP.SDR 2010F00222Engine · failedDURING ACSENT(15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE), CREW EXPERIENCED ODOR OF SMOKE IN CABIN ACCOMPANIED BY NR 2 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE AND HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE. CREW SHUTDOWN AND SECURED NR 2 ENGINE, AND INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT. INITIAL FINDINGS SHOW THAT THE NR SDR CA100923007Engine · making metal(CAN) LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL DISCOVERED IN ENGINE OIL FILTER DURING INP. ENGINE IS BEING SENT OUT TO ENGINE AMO TO INSPECT FOR DEFECTS AND REPAIR. TSO: 551 HRS. ENGINE IS ON A TC APPROVED MX SCHEDULE AND APPROVED TO BE ON-CONDITION. DISCOVERED DURING "ON CONDISDR 2010FA0001252Engine · failedENGINE SN 51773 WAS O/H UNDER WO 41675 ON 7/02/2010 AND INSTALLED IN POS 2. ACFT WAS OPERATED NORMALLY WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. ON 9/17/2010 THE ACFT RECEIVED A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSP ALONG WITH ENGINES RUN UP WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. 20 MINUTES AFTER TASDR 2010FA0001059Engine · failedTHE OIL TEMP SPIKED ABOVE RED LINE AS THE HELICOPTER TURNED FINAL. AN IMMEDIATE LANDING WAS MADE. AS THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND FIRE. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. PARTS OF THE ENGINE CRANKCASE, ROD BEARING ASDR CA100825001Engine · failedIN FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE INDICATING ZERO, NOT POSITIVE EXACTLY HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN AT ZERO, APPROX 5 MINUTES SINCE HE SCANNED GAUGES LAST, OIL TEMP NORMAL, SHORTLY AFTER NOTICING, THE PROP STARTED SURGING, OIL TEMP STILL SEEMED NORMAL, MANIFOLD PSDR 2010FA0000838Chain · brokenLT ENGINE STOPPED ON TAXI, WOULD NOT RESTART. FOUND TIMING CHAIN BROKEN.SDR CA100813006Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING ROUTINE (50 HR) INSP OF THE ENGINE - METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND WHEN THE OIL SCREEN WAS CHECKED. METAL SHAVINGS WERE CONFIRMED BY A MAGNET TO BE STEEL. ENGINE WAS REMOVED - SERVICEABLE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AND ACFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.SDR CA100830002Engine · overspeedON TAKEOFF POWER APPLICATION, ENGINE AND PROPELLER OVERSPEED OCCURRED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. PROPELLER CONTINUED TO ROTATE AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PROPELLER FEATHER WAS CARRIED OUT. ENGINE AND PROPELLER REMOVED FOR INVESTIGATION, OVER SSDR CA100810002Connecting Rod · failedCATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, CONNECTING RODS CAME THROUGH CASE AND COWL.SDR CA100809001Engine · failedACFT DEPARTED FOR NORMAL BOMBING OPERATIONS. APPROX 1 HR INTO FLIGHT PILOT EXPERIENCED RT ENGINE EXCESSIVE BACK-FIXING/POPPING NOISES WITH RAPID LOSS OF INDICATED BRAKE MEEN AFFECTING PRESSURE. PILOT THEN ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUTDOWN, AND SDR WS9R10FA0000467Thrust Washer · mismanufactured(WS9R) THE COMPONENT IS MFG WITH IMPROPER TOLERANCES. HAVE DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM DURING ENGINE O/H. THE THICKNESS OF THIS COMPONENT VARIES FROM .092-.097 INCHES. THIS THRUST WASHER IS FOUND IN MAIN BEARING SET FOR THESE ENGINES. THIS ISSUE MAKES OBTAININSDR EVGR062910Collar · bent(EVGR) PN 626739M010 TRANSFER COLLAR. THE COLLAR SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AFTER IT WAS GROUND. ON ONE SIDE THE SPLIT LINE DOES NOT LINE UP, YOU CAN CATCH A FINGERNAIL ON IT. WHEN INSTALLED IT IS TIGHT AND RUBS AT THAT POINT AS SHOWN BY THE MAGIC MARKER RUBBESDR CA091117007Engine · failed(CAN) LT ENG LOST PWR AND STOPPED DURING FLIGHT. ACFT WAS LANDED. ENG FIELD REP REMOVED A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CAMSHAFT DOES NOT MOVE WHEN THE CRANKSHAFT IS ROTATED. ENG REMOVED FROM AIRFRAME AND SHIPPED TO MFG IN GERMANY FOR INVESTSDR N58AN58GENOV2Counterweight · looseENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT ONE OF THE COUNTERWEIGHTS HAD COME LOOSE DURING OPERATION.SDR 2009FA0001047Key · pulledVALVE KEYS (PN 60009) ARE PULLED THRU SEAT AEL 10077. ROCKER ARM TIP IS DESTROYED, HOLE WORN THRU VALVE COVER FROM UPPER SPRING SEAT. KEYS WERE STUCK ON VALVE STEM. VALVE STEM IS DAMAGED AND WILL NOT PASS THRU VALVE GUIDE.SDR CA091027010Engine · making metal(CAN) DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SB 480E, LARGE AMOUNTS ON NON-FERROUS METAL FLAKES AND FILINGS FOUND IN OIL FILTER AND SUMP SUCTION SCREEN. CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES WERE ALL REMOVED, BUT ENGINEERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE/SOURCE OF METAL GENERATION. A FLUSH OFSDR HYIA548GALENGEngine · unserviceableCREW REPORTED LT ENGINE POWER LOSS ENROUTE. ENGINE WAS SECURED AND PROPELLER FEATHERED. CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO HYA WHERE AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND 3 INCH DIAMETER HOLE IN RIGHT CRANKCASE HALF. MAINTEN
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