Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
July 20, 2005
Submitted
August 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PT6A50
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
13,617 hours, 14,768 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PLATING OF FWD SEALING DIAMETER OF BETA CNTRL OIL TRANSFER SLEEVE. DIAMETER INDICATED BOND OF PLATING TO PARENT MATERIAL OF SLEEVE WAS STILL GOOD, WAS SCORING FROM FOD. EXTRUSION OF PLATE FWD FROM DIAMETER, INDICATION PIECES HAD SEPARATED. PROPSHAFT HAD SCORING OF MATING DIAMETER. AXIAL EXTENT OF SCORING COVERS MOVEMENT OF TRANSFER SLEEVE ALONG PROPSHAFT. PIECE OF PLATING HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM EDGE OF SMALL HOLES, EXTRUDING FROM SEALING DIAMETER OF BETA CNTRL OIL TRANSFER SLEEVE, HAD CLEARLY BROKEN AWAY. MAGNETIZATION OF PROP SHAFT WITH DAMAGE TO BETA CNTRL DIAMETERS IS THOUGHT TO BE RESULT OF FRICTIONAL CONTACT BETWEEN SLEEVE AND SHAFT. PROPSHAFT COULD HAVE BECOME UNREPAIRABLE.