SDR 96ZZZX1956

Service difficulty report · Turbine · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
February 16, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N402ST
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500068
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Turbine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine Hpt
Part time
5,814 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AT THE CUSTOMER'S REQUEST, A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE, IMPELLER, AND THE NR 4 BEARING WAS PERFORMED. THE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE SHOWED SIGNS OF FOD DAMAGE. REMOVED THE ENGINE'S HOT SECTION AND FOUND THE H.P. TURBINE DAMAGED. THE DIFFUSER TUBES WORN BEYOND LIMITS. THE DEFLECTOR RING AND SEGMENTS BROKEN WITH MISSING PIECES, ALSO, THE L.P. TURBINE AND STATOR WERE DAMAGED. SUSPECT MISSING PIECES CAUSED FOD DAMAGE.

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