Service difficulty report · Engine · Airtrc AT802

Difficulty date
February 3, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airtrc AT802
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE CUSTOMER CONTACTED THE FSR TO REPORT ENGINE IFSD, LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY POWER LOSS. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BEACH. POST-EVENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE COMPRESSOR FREE TO ROTATE, UNABLE TO TURN PROPELLER BY HAND, EXHAUST DUCT DISTORTED, AND ALL PT2 BLADES AND SOME PT1 BLADES FRACTURED. FSR TO MEET CUSTOMER, AUTHORITIES ARE NOT INVOLVED.