What was found
(CAN) ON A ROUTINE HOT SECTION INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT 1 COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADE WAS MISSING A PIECE. IT WAS FOUND THE BLADE LOSS WAS FROM METAL FATIGUE OF THE BLADES AND NOT FROM FOD. THE BLADES WERE ALL REPLACED WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- May 20, 2015
- Submitted
- August 5, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Beech B200
- Aircraft time
- 9,786 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT642A
- Propeller
- Mcauly 4HFR34C754
- System (JASC)
- 7250 · Turbine Section
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 312313102
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Compressor Turbi
- Part time
- 9,999 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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