Service difficulty report · Engine · Skrsky S64E

Difficulty date
July 6, 2005
Submitted
August 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Skrsky S64E
Aircraft time
19,382 hours
Engine
Pwa JFTD12A4A
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

A/C INVOLVED IN AERIAL GRAPPLE LOGGING OPS ON DOWN WIND APPROACH TO LOG LANDING WITH A 15,000 LB SINGLE LOG LOAD. PILOT REDUCED POWER TO 30% TQ. UPON ACTION CREW HEARD SOUND OF ENG SPOOLING DOWN FOLLOWED BY LOW RPM AUDIO WARNING HORN & ILLUM OF WARNING LIGHT. ONCE PILOT ABLE TO SAFELY RELEASE LOAD, CONFIRMED WHAT CO-PILOT HAD IDENTIFIED AS CORRECT ENG. PULLED NR 2 ENG THROTTLE BACK TO CUT-OFF & ENGAGED STARTER TO COOL DOWN T5 TEMP. ENG COOLED DOWN, MADE A SINGLE ENG LANDING. AFTER SHUTDOWN A CHECK OF T5 RECORDING SYS IND AN ENG TEMP OF 767 DEGREES C WAS REACHED FOR 3 SEC. ENG REMOVED & RETURNED TO OPERATOR FOR HOT SECTION INSP. AFTER COMPLETE GROUND CHECK OUT A/C RELEASED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.