Service difficulty report · Engine · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
September 28, 2005
Submitted
November 1, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
14,182 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Engine
Part number
LT10540J2B
Part serial
RL112668A
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Right
Part time
2,518 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W, E
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB OUT, RT ENG HAD UNCONTROLLABLE PROP FLUCTUATIONS. ENG WAS FEATHERED, AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. RUN-UP ENG FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. NOTICED LOW OIL PRESS ON RT ENG. PULLED OIL FILTER, FOUND IT WAS FULL OF METAL CONTAMINATION. CREW REPLACED RT ENG, COMPLETED ENG CHANGE. AC HAS NOW HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. ENG WAS SENT OUT FOR EXAM FROM OUR ENG SHOP. WHEN ENG TEARDOWN COMES BACK AND REASON FOR FAILURE IS FOUND, WAS ON ON-CONDITION PROGRAM. IT HAD COMPLETED AN EVENT INSP 200 HR VALVE INSP, ON-CONDITION INSP AND ALL WAS FOUND SATISFACTORY. OIL CONSUMPTION WAS GOOD AND WELL WITHIN LIMITS. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING PERFECT AND HAD NO REPORTED PROBLEMS, SO THE SUDDEN FAILURE WAS UNEXPECTED.

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