Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB110P1

Difficulty date
December 10, 2006
Submitted
January 19, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb EMB110P1
Aircraft time
23,752 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A34
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Part time
20,124 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, A
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETING THE DESCENT CHECKS FOR A LANDING (WITH ENGINES OPERATING NORMALLY, ENGINE INSTRUMENTS IN THE GREEN, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON THE RT ENGINE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER THE RT ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE PROCEDURES FOR AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE WERE CARRIED OUT AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. AFTER INITIAL INSPECTION THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. ITEMS NOTICED DURING INITIAL INSPECTION ARE AS FOLLOWS: POWER SECTION SEIZED, OIL VISIBLE IN BOTH EXHAUST STACKS, NO EXTERNAL INDICATION OF FIRE DAMAGE TO ENGINE VISIBLE (FIRE WAS LIMITED TO EXHAUST STACKS DUE TO OIL LOSS FROM INTERNAL

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