Service difficulty report · Helicoil · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
July 22, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
17,768 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Helicoil
Part number
MS124775
Condition
Failed
Location
Gearbox
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER LANDING AND GOING TO REVERSE PITCH, PILOT REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. SHORTLY AFTER LANDING, THERE WAS SMOKE ALSO IN COCKPIT. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY. AFTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND MAJOR OIL LEAK COMING FROM A CAPPED TRANSFER TUBE PORT ON THE L/H TOP SIDE OF THE REDUCTION GEARBOX. NOTE : ON THE TWO BOLTS HOLDING THE CAP IS ATTACHED TWO CLAMPS WHICH HOLD THE STICK PUSHER TORQUE TRANSDUCER. THE UPPER BOLT OF THE CAP HAS BEEN FOUND PROTRUDING FROM THE RGB FLANGE. THE LOWER BOLT WAS IN CORRECT POSITION. (SEE ATTACHED PICTURE) WHILE REMOVING THE BOLTS, THE HELICOIL INSERTS CAME OUT FROM THE RGB CASTING. BOTH HELICOILS WERE BROKEN AND BOTH BOLTS WERE STRIPPED FOR 1/4 OF THEIR THREADS.