Service difficulty report · Turbine Wheel · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
September 19, 2006
Submitted
September 26, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N511SB
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1090592D
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Turbine Wheel
Part number
23038241
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
12,352 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FOUND NR 1, AND NR 2 TURBINES RUBING AFTER ENGINE DISASSEMBLY FOR CHIPS. DURING 100 HR CHIPS WERE FOUND ON THE CHIP PLUGS. DISASSEMBLED ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THE N1 AND N2 TURBINES WERE RUBBING, REPLACED UNIT. (K)