Service difficulty report · Engine · Pilats PC7

Difficulty date
February 7, 2011
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC7
Engine
Pwa PT6A25
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

IFSD (SINGLE ENGINE) WHILE AT T/O FOR A NIGHT FLIGHT, AS THE POWER WAS INCREASED TO MAXIMUM, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND FIRE/SPARKS WERE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY WIND DOWN. THE T/O WAS ABORTED AND EMERGENCY DECLARED. FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POST EVENT INSP FOUND DENTED EXHAUST STACKS, EXHAUST CASE AND GAS GENERATOR WERE CREASED. METALLIC DEBRIS WERE FOUND IN THE EXHAUST. THE ENGINE WILL BE REMOVED AND SENT FOR INVESTIGATION.