Service difficulty report · Combustion Liner · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
July 2, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
10,784 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Combustion Liner
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
10,187 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, 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) PILOT REPORTED THAT ITT STARTED TO CLIMB DURING RETURN LEG, PILOT REDUCED POWER TO KEEP ITT WITHIN A/C TEMP LIMITATIONS. UPON LANDING MAINTENANCE WAS BROUGHT OUT TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT, COMPRESSOR BLADES WERE BORESCOPE WITH NO ABNORMAL WEAR FOUND, COMPRESSOR WASH WAS COMPLETED AND A GROUND POWER RUN WAS COMPLETED TO SEE IF ITT WOULD COME BACK DOWN. DURING GROUND RUN ITT NOTED STILL HIGH AND RUNNING AT CRUISE SETTINGS GAVE ITT NUMBERS HIGHER THAN MAX CRUISE (AT 1792 TORQUE AND 1785 NP ITT WAS 817) ALLOWED FOR A/C LIMITATION OF CRUISE POWER (LIMIT IS 740) BROUGHT AIRCRAFT BACK INTO HANGAR AND VERIFIED THAT ITT INDICATION WAS READING CORRECT, THEN FUEL NOZZLES WERE PULLED TO INSPECT FOR DEFECTS AND BORESCOPE INSIDE COMBUSTION CHAMBER UPON BORESCOPE INSPECTION COMBUSTION CHAMBER IT WAS SEEN THAT THE EDGES OF THE LINER WERE WARPED, BENT, CRACKED AND LOOKED BURNT.

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