Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft · Emb EMB110*

Difficulty date
April 22, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb EMB110*
Engine
Pwa PT6A34
Part
Drive Shaft
Condition
Distressed
Location
Fuel Pump
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACCORDING TO REPORTS, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ENGINE DISTRESS. DURING SUBSEQUENT LANDING, A/C EXITED THE RUNWAY BEFORE HITTING A DITCH. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE OF THE A/C WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE RUNWAY EXCURSION WAS CAUSED BY A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. DISASSEMBLY (BY THE OPERATOR) OF THE ENGINE ON WHICH THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED, SHOWED FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT SPLINE DISTRESS (DE-COUPLE). A LARGE AMOUNT OF CORROSION WAS PRESENT AROUND THE AREA.