Service difficulty report · Engine · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
October 31, 2004
Submitted
March 25, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
180257D
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT HAD ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATION FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITH A NOISE/VIBRATION, THEN A POWER LOSS/ DECEL. AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PILOT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. CHIP PLUGS AND OIL FILTERS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH METAL. DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE AND ENGINE GEARBOX REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE 2.5 BEARING TO A POINT THAT .33 THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE SAG SHAFT, INNER RACE, WAS GOUGED TO AN APPROX DEPTH OF .040 INCH TO .045 INCH. NO OTHER SOURCE OF METAL WAS FOUND.