Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
November 25, 2001
Submitted
December 28, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505RP
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500450
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Gearbox
Condition
Failed
Location
Accessory
Part time
3,744 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ABORTED START; NO OIL PRESSURE OR TURBINE SPEED INDICATION. REMOVED ACCESSORY GEARBOX AND SENT TO MFG. UPON RECEIPT, IT WAS EVIDENT THE THE SHAFT HAD SHEARED. THIS WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY AN ELEMENT IN THE OIL PUMP ASSEMBLY, INSTALLED NEW AT OVERHAUL, BEING OUTSIDE OF THE BLUEPRINT SPEC FROM MFG. UPON RECEIPT OF THE PARTS, THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX WAS TORN DOWN, INSPECTED, AND REASSEMBLED.

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