Service difficulty report · Shaft · Columb LC41550FG400

Difficulty date
June 18, 2013
Submitted
June 18, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N369BW
Make and model
Columb LC41550FG400
Aircraft serial
41791
Aircraft time
242 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO550C
Engine time
242 hours
Part
Shaft
Condition
Fractured
Location
Turbocharger
Part time
243 hours
Component
Turbocharger · Kelly
Component part number
646677
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT 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 COMPRESSOR AND EXHAUST WHEELS HAD BROKEN IN TWO.