Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
May 24, 2005
Submitted
August 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
11,853 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Bearing
Part number
3032208
Condition
Fractured
Location
Engine
Part time
13,452 hours, 13,760 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE ORIGINALLY OVERHAULED IN 2002, FIRST RUN. AT THAT TIME, A PROCESS TO CLEAN OIL JET NOZZLE 3 AND 4 WAS UTILIZED AS PER OEM MANUAL. OTHER OPERATORS HAD EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE 3/4 OIL NOZZLE AND IT WAS FOUND THAT PROPER AND THOROUGH CLEANING OF THE NOZZLE WAS NOT ASSURED AT THE OVERHAUL LEVEL. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE 3/4 NOZZLE PLUGGED UP AND STARVED THE NR 3 BEARING TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. OVERHAULS WHERE MANDATED WITH A MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF THE 3/4 NOZZLE FOR ALL OUR ENGINES. HAVE SEVERAL THAT AS A PRECAUTION, GOING BACK IN, TO SIMPLY REPLACE 3/4 NOZZLE AS A RESULT OF FAILURE. THIS IS THE 1ST FAILURE. FLEET EXPERIENCED FAILURES IN THE NR 2 BEARING CAVITY.

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