Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC6200

Difficulty date
May 10, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC6200
Aircraft time
39,557 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN2
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED A BIG BANG AND POP COMING FROM THE LT ENGINE, TORQUE PRESSURE DROPPED TO 20 LBS BUT ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. HE THEN REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND OBSERVED LT TEMPERATURE STILL AT 750 CELSIUS, ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. HE THEN RETURNED ON 1 ENGINE, APPROXIMATELY 40 MIN FLIGHT, WHERE HE LANDED SAFELY. ON ARRIVAL WE DID LOOKED INSIDE THE COMPRESSOR USING A VIDEO SCOPE AND NOTED SOME MINOR 1ST STAGE DAMAGE BUT EXTENSIVE SECOND STAGE DAMAGE ALONG WITH A FOREIGN PIECE OF METAL. THIS PIECE CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND ACFT GOOD TO GO.