Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
March 9, 2004
Submitted
April 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Part time
11,359 hours
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) ENG WAS REMOVED FROM WING, NOTED HIGHER THAN NORMAL OIL TEMP, OIL DISCOLORATION. UPON REMOVAL, EXH DUCT WAS MISSING SECT OF INNER DUCT EXPOSING PT SHAFT HSG TO EXH GASES. IT WAS FOUND THAT REAR SECTION OF EXH DUCT INNER SKI JUMP SECTION, EXTENDING FWD FROM NR 3 BRG END ABOUT 5 INCHES HAD DISAPPEARED. SAME SECTION OF INSULATION BLANKET HAD ALSO DISAPPEARED. IMPACT MARKS IN ONE EXH PORT AREA, NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PT DISK, BLADES INDICATING THAT EXH DUCT SKIN HAD FRACTURED INTO A LARGE NR OF SMALL PIECES. THERE WERE A NR OF CRACKS EMANATING FROM SURFACE CORROSION PITS IN AREAS AWAY FROM FRACTURE EDGES THAT EXTENDED ACROSS DUCT WALL. MATERIAL DEGRADATION WAS PRIMARY CAUSE, FAILURE OF THIS DUCT.