What was found
AIR CONDITIONING SYS REPORTED INOP DURING RUN-UP. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND QUILL SHAFT FRONT SPLINE SHEARED AND REAR SPLINE ROUNDED INSIDE PULLEY SPLINES. DURING SHAFT REMOVAL, DISCOVERED THAT THE QUILL SHAFT SPRING WAS MISSING.
- Difficulty date
- May 30, 2011
- Submitted
- September 9, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Beech 200BEECH
- Aircraft time
- 15,003 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A41
- System (JASC)
- 2110 · Cabin Compressor System
- Part
- Quill Shaft
- Part number
- 1179100587
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- A/C Compressor
- Component
- Compressor
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.