Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech B200

Difficulty date
June 26, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Part
Engine
Condition
Unknown
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, 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) CUSTOMER REPORTED AN IFSD OF THE LT ENGINE DURING CLIMB THROUGH 3500FT, INITIAL REPORT IS THAT THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE, FOLLOWED BY A VERY SHORT SPIKE IN FUEL FLOW, WF, AND SUDDEN DROP IN TORQUE, TQ, AND COMPRESSOR SPED, NG. THE ITT INCREASED TO A MAX OF 865 DEGREE C AND WAS ABOVE 800 DEGREE C FOR APPROXIMATELY 9 SECONDS. CUSTOMER HAS REPORTED THAT THERE IS NO RESTRICTION IN THE PROPELLER AND THE COMPRESSOR ROTATION SEEMS NORMAL. CUSTOMER HAS CONDUCTED A BOROSCOPE FROM A SINGLE NOZZLE POINT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CT FAILURE. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DAMAGE, EXTERNAL, TO THE ENGINE AT THIS POINT. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ONGOING.

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