Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
June 23, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CAN, THE ACFT HAD AN ENG FAILURE AT 11,000 FT & 4 MILES FROM THE AIRFIELD. THE PILOT REPORTED A BANG & THEN GRATING NOISES. SHUT THE ENG DOWN IMMEDIATELY. LANDED THE ACFT SAFELY. INSPECTION REVEALED BOTH THE POWER & GAS GEN SECTIONS WERE SEIZED. SIGNS OF OIL, METALLIC SLIVERS & CARBON WERE FOUND IN ACFT EXHAUST. PT BLADES HAVE IMPACT DAMAGE & THE CT VANE HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE CT BLADES HAVE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO AN OVERTEMP BUT THE PICTURES DO NOT SHOW FRACTURED BLADE. THE LAST HOT SECTION INSPECTION WAS 603 HOURS AGO, WHEN NEW CT BLADES WERE INSTALLED. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE.

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