Service difficulty report · Engine · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
October 6, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Engine
Condition
Noisy
Part time
941 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED LOUD ENG NOISE ON DESCENT OR PCL REDUCTION. ACFT GND RUN, PERFORMANCE CHECK FOUND GOOD. BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF CT GOOD. PROPELLER BALANCE CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED ENG BLEED VLV WITH SERVICEABLE VLV, NO IMPROVEMENT. CHANGED STARTER GENERATORS, TO HELP ISOLATE NOISE, NO CHANGE. UNABLE TO ELIMINATE UNUSUAL ENG NOISE BY BLOCKING AIRFRAME BLEED AIR SYSTEMS. IN CONSULTATION WITH MFG, REPLACED ENG AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. MFG CONFIRMED THAT THE POWER SECTION HAD ABNORMAL INTERNAL VIBRATION & WERE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.