SDR 99ZZZX488

Service difficulty report · Engine · Piper PA42

Difficulty date
January 14, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5PA
Make and model
Piper PA42
Aircraft serial
428001051
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Part time
4,563 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
T, X
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE TO DESTINATION WHEN AN IN-FLIGHT FAILURE OF LEFT ENGINE OCCURRED. DESTRUCTION AND SEPARATION OF TURBINE BLADES AFT OF HOT SECTION OCCURRED. PIECES OF BLADES WENT THROUGH AND DESTROYED BOTH EXHAUST STACKS. THE POWER SECTION OF THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. TWO OF THREE Q-TIPS SEPARATED FROM PROPELLER WITH THE 3RD TIP BEGINNING TO STRAIGHTEN, BUT HAD NOT YET SEPARATED. ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE REMOVED.

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