# SDR 2013FA0000355

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 18, 2013
- Submitted: June 18, 2013
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N369BW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369BW), registered now
- Make and model: Columb LC41550FG400
- Aircraft serial: 41791
- Aircraft time: 242 hours
- Engine: Cont TSIO550C
- Engine time: 242 hours
- System (JASC): [8120 · Exhaust Turbocharger](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/8120)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2013FA0000355

## Discrepancy

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.

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