SDR 95ZZZX5240

Service difficulty report · Duct · Cessna 500CESSNA

Difficulty date
June 26, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N27SF
Make and model
Cessna 500CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5000064
Part
Duct
Part number
3021096
Condition
Cracked
Location
Inner Bypass
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT CRUISE, PILOT NOTED ITT ON LEFT ENGINE FLUCTUATING AND THEN DROPPING TO ZERO. ALL OTHER ENGINE INSTRUMENTS READ NORMAL. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INITIAL INVESTIGATION SHOWED PROBLEM TO BE ISOLATED TO THE LEFT ENGINE ITT HARNESS. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO A P & W ENGINE REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE AFT INNER BYPASS DUCT WAS CRACKED AND BROKEN AND HAD RUBBED THROUGH THE ITT HARNESS. HARNESS WAS REPLACED, DUCT WAS REPAIRED, AND RE-INSTALLED. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS THE OUTER BYPASS DUCT BE REMOVED AT PERIODIC ENGINE INSPECTIONS TO INSPECT THIS AREA FOR POSSIBLE CRACKS.