Service difficulty report · Fuel Divider · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
November 22, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
39,448 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Fuel Divider
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED AND TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY, BOTH STARTS HAD NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKES, THE PILOT APPLIED APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT TAKEOFF POWER AND BEFORE THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED, NR 2 ENGINE LOST POWER. THE NR 2 ENGINE DID NOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN BUT WENT TO APPROXIMATELY 26 PERCENT N1, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO DROP. COMPLETED SHUTDOWN OF NR 2 ENGINE. ONCE THE COWLING WAS REMOVED MAINTENANCE NOTICED THE FUEL TRANSFER TUBE AT THE FLOW DIVIDER WAS LEAKING. THE FLOW DIVIDER & TRANSFER TUBES WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED WITH NO VISIBLE DEFECTS NOTED. THE TRANSFER TUBES AND FLOW DIVIDER WERE REPLACED WITH NEW O-RINGS. GROUND RUNS/LEAK CHECKS WERE CARRIED OUT WITH NO LEAKS EVIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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