Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
May 26, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
18,932 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Engine
Part number
PT6A28
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT LANDED, UPON TAXI TO PICK-UP PASSENGERS, THE RT ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT WAS UNSURE IF THE ENGINE QUIT ON ITS OWN OR IF THE CONDITION LEVER WAS INADVERTENTLY PUT TO CUTOFF. ENGINE STARTED UP NORMALLY ON THE NEXT START. MX INVESTIGATED ENGINE, FIREWALL FUEL FILTER WAS CLEANED AND INSPECTED DUE POSSIBLE WATER INGESTION. REMOVED COMPRESSOR INLET SCREEN AND INSPECTED FOR POSSIBLE FOD, NONE NOTED. PERFORMED NUMEROUS ACCELERATION CHECKS, AND ENG RUNS THROUGH VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS, COMPLETED PERFORMANCE RUN. NO FAULTS NOTED. CHECKED PY LINE FROM CSU TO FCU FOR LEAKS AND DAMAGE. REPLACED CSU AS A PRECAUTION IN CASE THE PY BLEED MAY HAVE STUCK AND ENGINE WENT TO MIN FLOW. TEST FLIGHT WAS CARRIED OUT AND UNEVENTFUL. SUSPECT POSSIBLE WATER INGESTION MAY HAVE CAUSED ENGINE TO QUIT A LOW POWER SETTING.