Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
March 2, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft time
34,369 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Bearing
Part number
311211703
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, 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) ACFT LOST OIL PRESSURE ON THE RT ENGINE IN FLIGHT. THERE WAS A LOUD "BANG" HEARD AND A FLAME WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN NOTED COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS BLOWN. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO ENGINE FIRE, NO FUEL LEAKS WERE NOTED AND NO SIGNS OF A FIRE AND THE "FIRE" WAS LIKELY FROM RAPID DECELERATION FROM THE COMPRESSOR STALL. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND SENT TO THE OVERHAUL FACILITY FOR INVESTIGATION AND TEAR DOWN. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NR 1 BEARING FAILED AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENTS. THE ENGINE WAS IN THE O/H FACILITY FOR MID-LIFE INSPECTION 500 HOURS EARLIER AND THE NR 1 BEARING WAS INSPECTED AND DEEMED SERVICEABLE AND REINSTALLED IN THE ENGINE. THIS BEARING WAS REPLACED AT THE LAST O/H CARRIED OUT. THE BEARING HAD 6474.6 TOTAL HOURS ON IT AT FAILURE.

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