Service difficulty report · Cam · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 24, 2006
Submitted
June 22, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft time
22,937 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Cam
Part number
50910276BSC
Condition
Broken
Part time
22,980 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
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

HEARD A BANG DURING APPROACH, FOUND RT UPPER FWD COWL INNER PORTION HAD LIFTED FROM NORM POSITION. FOUND CAM BOLT FAILED THAT PROVIDES TENSION TO LWR COWL ASSY. OVER CTR COWL FASTENERS ON THESE A/C (4) INSTILL CONSIDERABLE FORCE AND HAVE A HISTORY ON ALL SIMILAR INSTALLATIONS WITH VARIOUS FAILURE MODES. AS A RESULT, INSTALLED A BACKUP SYS OF PROVIDING HARDPOINTS TO ALLOW .032 LOCKWIRE TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN TWO COWL HALVES, SHOULD ANY OF CAM POINTS FAIL. LOCKWIRE ON INBD POINTS ALSO FAILED BUT OUTER POINTS HELD THRU CONCLUSION OF FLT. COWL SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. NOW LOOKING AT DEVELOPING AN STC TO REMOVE ORIG CAM SYS ENTIRELY AND GOING WITH AN OVERLAP ARRANGEMENT AND SEVERAL CAMLOCK

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