Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
February 2, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft time
42,748 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, 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) ON THE CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FT, THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RT ENGINE FAILURE. NEITHER FILGHT CREW HAD NOTICED ANY INDICATION OF AN ONCOMING ENGINE PROBLEM PRIOR TO A SUDDEN LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THE ACFT YAWING TO THE RT. THEY INSTANTLY IDENTIFIED THE RT ENGINE HAD FAILED, WAS FEATHERED AND THERE WAS NO FIRE SO WENT THROUGH THE COMPANY SOP TO SECURE THE ENGINE. ATC WAS THEN NOTIFIED AND MADE THE DECISION TO LAND THE ACFT AS THE WEATHER WAS MUCH BETTER THERE. MAINTENANCE CREW WAS SENT OUT TO DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AND RT ENGINE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RT ENGINE WAS ALMOST SEIZED. A LITTLE BIT OF OIL AND METAL SHAVINGS WERE NOTICED IN THE EXHAUST, OTHERWISE THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EXTERIOR DAMAGE.

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