Service difficulty report · Restraint · Gulstm 690A

Difficulty date
September 30, 2005
Submitted
October 4, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N677WA
Make and model
Gulstm 690A
Aircraft serial
11243
Aircraft time
4,237 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE331*
Part
Restraint
Part number
610632503
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

SCHEDULED MX, BOTH ENG`S STARTED FOR A ROUTINE OPS CHK. ABOUT 4 MINS INTO RUN-UP, WITH PROP BLADES LT IN FLAT PITCH, NR 2 ENG FIRE WARN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT PERFORMED A CAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN OF BOTH ENG`S. AN INITIAL INSPECT OF NR 2 ENG FOR CAUSE OF FIRE WARN LIGHT ILLUMINATION RESULTED IN NO NOTED DEFECTS. ALL FOUR SENSORS REPLACED & FIRE SENSOR SYS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED. NR 2 ENG ONCE AGAIN STARTED RESULTING IN ANOTHER FIRE WARN ILLUMINATION WITHIN A 5 MIN PERIOD. WITH THIS RUN-UP, NOTED WHEN PROP TAKEN OFF FLAT PITCH LOCKS, WARN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FURTHER INVEST, EXHAUST STACK SLIP JOINT REVEALED THAT 2 OF STACK ATTACH RESTRAINTS BROKEN, ALLOWING EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT AT JOINT.