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) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM AIRPORT RUNWAY 15 OR A COURIER FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ABOUT 500 METERS EAST OF, AND APPROXIMATELY ABEAM, THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 15, ABOUT 300 METERS BEYOND THE AIRPORT PERIMETER. A POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE TWO PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. A TEAR-DOWN OF THE TWO ENGINES HAS DETERMINED THAT THE LT ENGINE FAILED AS A RESULT OF THE COMBUSTION CASE ASSEMBLY (PLENUM) RUPTURING ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH AND MUCH OF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE. THE ORIGIN OF THE RUPTURE WAS FOUND TO BE A FATIGUE CRACK IN A REINFORCING WELD BETWEEN THE P3 AND BLEED AIR BOSSES. (TC NR 20060503006)