Service difficulty report · Wastegate Valve · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
July 15, 2015
Submitted
July 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4057C
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft serial
414A0848
Aircraft time
8,689 hours, 8,694 cycles
Engine
Cont TSIO520NB
Engine time
1,479 hours, 1,484 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl PHCC3YF2
Part
Wastegate Valve
Part number
4709089013
Part serial
J50118
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,479 hours, 1,484 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, R, E
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE RT ENG WOULD NOT MAKE FULL POWER. THE PILOT CANCELLED THE TAKEOFF & RETURNED TO THE SHOP. THE ACFT NEVER LEFT THE GND. MX WAS NOTIFIED & TROUBLE SHOT THE ISSUE. THE RT ENG WASTE GATE WAS LEAKING OIL OUT OF THE CASE AT THE SEAL, THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE TURBOCHARGER TO NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY. THE WASTE GATE WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT. A GND RUN WAS PERFORMED & A SECOND ISSUE WAS FOUND. THE ENG DRIVE FUEL PUMP WAS PUMPING ERRATIC AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT. WE RIGGED THE FUEL PUMP TO THE ENG & PERFORMED SEVERAL GND RUNS AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS. ALL SYS CHECKED GOOD ON THE GND. A FLIGHT CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH A PILOT. THE ENG RAN AS DESIGNED IN FLIGHT. NO FURTHER ISSUES NOTED.

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