Service difficulty report · Line · Stbros SD360300

Difficulty date
July 18, 2003
Submitted
July 24, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Stbros SD360300
Aircraft time
24,834 hours, 34,431 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67R
Engine time
22,788 hours, 31,363 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCA6A3A
Part
Line
Part number
312301901
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Eng Bleed Air
Part time
22,788 hours, 31,363 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS CROSSING THE NORTH ATLANTIC BETWEEN GREENLAND AND ICELAND AND ONCE THEY REACHED CRUSING ALTITUDE THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THEY STARTED LOSING ALTITUDE AND WENT INTO ICELAND. THE LEFT ENGINE BLEED AIRLINE PART NR 3123019-01 HAS BROKEN AT THE MOUNTING POINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPRESSOR CASE. THIS LINE TAKES COMPRESSOR AIR FROM COMPRESSOR TO THE BLEED AIR FILTER THEN ON TO THE FCU. THE LOSS OF P3 AIR TO THE FCU CAUSED THE ENGINE TO ROLL BACK TO MIN FLOW AND THEN SHUT DOWN. WAS N-360CC NOW G-BNYI