Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
April 22, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, A
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

(CAN) AT TOP OF CLIMB, FL210, 30 SECONDS AFTER REDUCING POWER TO CRUISE SETTING, BOTH ENGINES SUFFERED MULTIPLE EVENTS OF TORQUE DROP OFF FOLLOWED BY A SURGE BEFORE STABILIZING AT SET TORQUE. PILOT REPORTS THE SURGES WERE ACCOMPANIED BY VISIBLE FLAMES FROM THE EXHAUST STACKS AND REPORTS THAT THE ACFT WAS IN TURBULENT, ICING CONDITIONS. AUTO IGNITION WAS ON AND ICE VANES WERE DEPLOYED. AFTER 3 MINUTES OF MULTIPLE SURGES ON BOTH ENGINES, POWER WAS REDUCED AND A DESCENT INITIATED. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.