Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Emb EMB110P1

Difficulty date
September 10, 2015
Submitted
September 10, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N116WA
Make and model
Emb EMB110P1
Aircraft serial
110399
Aircraft time
28,516 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Engine time
16,508 hours, 17,931 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Turbine Blades
Part number
3026812
Part serial
7408
Condition
Loose
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
16,754 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

ON THE PILOTS PREFLIGHT, NOTICED A NOISE WHEN SPINNING THE RT PROP. THE ENG WAS INSPECTED, INSPECTION REVEALED THE POWER TURBINE BLADES WERE COMING LOOSE FROM THE POWER TURBINE DISK. THE ACFT WAS GNDED. A MORE IN-DEPTH INSPECTION WILL BE PERFORMED AT A LATER DATE.

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