Service difficulty report · Blade · Airtrc AT401

Difficulty date
June 6, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airtrc AT401
Aircraft time
4,309 hours
Engine
Walter M601E11
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Turbine Section
Part time
4,470 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AT TOUCHDOWN, HE NOTED PROP RPM DECAY BELOW NORMAL. ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, PROP THEN STOPPED TURNING BUT DID NOT FEATHER. PILOT CARRIED OUT SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE. ACFT WAS TOWED FROM RUNWAY. INITIAL INSPECTION FOUND PROP WOULD NOT ROTATE BY HAND, METALLIC DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN EXHAUST STACKS. LOOKING INTO EXHAUST IT WAS FOUND THAT 1 TURBINE BLADE WAS BROKEN MID CHORD. BORESCOPE INSPECTION REVEALED ALL COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES BROKEN OFF AT VARIOUS LENGTHS WITH JAGGED EDGES. ENGINE REMOVED AND SHIPPED TO PREMIER TURBINES GE USA FOR TEARDOWN INSPECTION.