Service difficulty report · Engine · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
February 12, 2002
Submitted
April 8, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
6,387 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Engine
Part number
NAS697A3
Condition
Fod
Location
Engine Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) UNUSUAL SOUND HEARD FROM THE A/C ON COOL DOWN COMING FROM THE ENGINE INLET AREA. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE COMPRESSOR HAD FOD. A NUTPLATE ON THE FORWARD SIDE OF THE PARTICLE SEPERATOR, THAT FASTEN THE FOWARD INLET COWLS ON, HAD SPLIT AND HALF OF THE NUT PLATE WENT THRU THE PARTICLE SEPERATOR AND WAS INGESTED BY THE ENGINE. THE NUT PLATE MADE IT THRU THRU THE ENTIRE ENGINE.