SDR 2015F00088

Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Tecnam P2006T

Difficulty date
June 19, 2015
Submitted
June 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912PF
Make and model
Tecnam P2006T
Aircraft serial
068
Aircraft time
1,717 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX912S3
Engine time
1,705 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV21
Part
Gearbox
Part serial
4924152
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
1,707 hours
Component
Engine · Rotax · 912S3
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, R, E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON DESCENT, RT ENG EXPERIENCED LOSS OF OIL, VIBRATION & LOSS OF POWER. ENG WAS SHUTDOWN INFLIGHT & UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENG LANDING ACCOMPLISHED. ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL PRIOR TO EVENT. UPON INSPECTION OF RT ENG FOUND COWLINGS COVERED IN ENG OIL, METAL SHARDS IN LOWER COWLING & A LARGE CRACK IN LOWER RT FWD SECTION OF PROPELLER GEARBOX LOCATED AT FRONT OF ENG. A HEX HEAD BOLT IS VISIBLE WEDGED AGAINST THE DAMAGED AREA INSIDE OF GEARBOX AS SEEN THRU LARGE CRACK. PROPELLER GEARBOX SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.