Service difficulty report · Engine · Airtrc AT602

Difficulty date
July 25, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airtrc AT602
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Engine
Part number
PT6A60
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CR
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

ACCIDENT THE ACFT CRASHED IN A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE NTSB HAS REQUESTED ENG MFG ASSISTANCE DUE TO A POSSIBLE ENGINE POWER LOSS. UPDATE NR1: ENGINE EXAMINATION TOOK PLACE. THE ENGINE DISPLAYED CONTACT SIGNATURES TO THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ENGINE BEING UN-POWERED AND SPOOLING DOWN FROM HIGH POWER, OR BEING POWERED IN A SUB-IDLE ROLL-BACK CONDITION AT THE TIME IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES OR DYSFUNCTION TO ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OBSERVED, OR ANY OTHER CONDITIONS OBSERVED THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A LOSS OF POWER. FUEL PUMP, FCU, PROPELLER GOVERNOR, AND PROPELLER OVERSPEED GOVERNOR ARE BEING RETURNED TO MFG FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.