Service difficulty report · Plenum · Mtsbsi MU2B36

Difficulty date
December 20, 2005
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Mtsbsi MU2B36
Aircraft time
22,950 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE3316
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN5
Part
Plenum
Part number
8939735
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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) AC TOOK OFF, AC CRASHED, POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. AC WAS DESTROYED. BOTH PILOTS FATALLY INJURED. DURING TEAR-DOWN OF RT ENG (WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATING AT HIGH POWER ON IMPACT) P3, BLEED AIR BOSS WELDS WERE EXAMINED BY FPI USING A 2X POWER MAGNIFYING GLASS WITH NO CRACKS NOTED. LOCATION BETWEEN P3, BLEED AIR BOSSES WAS THEN SECTIONED. A SMALL CRACK ABOUT .5 MM DEEP AND 3.5 MM LONG WAS VISUALLY DETECTED ALONG TOE OF P3 BOSS WELD. CRACK OPENED FOLLOWING RELEASE OF RESIDUAL STRESSES WHEN CUT. CRACK WAS EXAMINED, FOUND TO BE FATIGUE IN NATURE, ORIGINATING FROM OUTER SURFACE. NO FLUORESCENT PENETRANT RESIDUE WAS NOTED ON SURFACES OF CRACK, INDICATING PENETRANT HAD NOT PENETRATED CRACK.