# SDR 98ZZZX2707

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 1, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N603PA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N603PA), registered now
- Make and model: Beech B90
- Registry model: [Beech B90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: LJ403
- Engine: Pwa PT6A20
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Lt Engine
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: R
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX2707

## Discrepancy

LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER IN-FLIGHT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT.  NO DETERMINATION MADE, UNIT MUST BE TORN DOWN TO INSPECT.  SOUNDS LIKE BAD BEARINGS WHEN MOTORED BY STARTER.  ACFT LOST POWER IN-FLIGHT.  LANDED SAFELY AT SHEBOYGAN, WINCONSIN.  PILOT REPORTED ENGINE DECREASED IN POWER, BUT WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION.  ENGINE REMOVED FOR DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION.  ENGINE MOTORED ON GROUND WITH STARTER.  SOUNDED LIKE COMPRESSOR BLADES WERE DRAGGING.  METAL CONTAMINATION FOUND IN EXHAUST STACKS.

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