Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC6300

Difficulty date
May 21, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC6300
Aircraft time
31,964 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Part
Engine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
T, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) UNCONTAINED EVENT DURING FLIGHT AT FL055, THE NR 1 ENGINE SUFFERED AN UNCONTAINED EVENT WHERE ENGINE PARTS EXITED THE ENGINE AND COWLING. THE ACFT FUSELAGE WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. NR 1 ON BOARD WAS INJURED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND A BREACHED GAS GENERATOR CASE. THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING AND THE ENGINE WILL BE FORWARDED TO FOR INVESTIGATION. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPLEMENT THE REPORT ONCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.