Service difficulty report · Spinner · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
October 19, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft time
3,494 hours
Engine
Wilint FJ44
Part
Spinner
Part number
56661A
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
3,498 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING AN IFR TAKEOFF, ACCELERATING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 80-85KT, HEARD A NOISE THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A LOUD HUM. ELECTED TO REJECT THE TAKEOFF. ONCE THE REJECTED TAKEOFF PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING TO Y THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, BECAME MORE AWARE THAT THERE WAS ALSO A VIBRATION OVER THE ACFT. BOTH ENGINES WERE RUNNING NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED. BY VARYING THE THRUST LEVERS OF EACH ENGINE INDIVIDUALLY, WAS ABLE TO MODULATE THE SOUND WITH THE LT POWER LEVER, SO I SHUTDOWN THE LT ENGINE. COMPLETED THE TAXI TO THE RAMP AND SHUTDOWN THE ACFT WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATION. UPON INSPECTING THE LT ENGINE, IT WAS CLEAR THAT PART OF THE SPINNER HAD BROKEN OFF, CAUSING THE ABOVE MENTIONED SYMPTOMS. THE SPINNER INSTALLED ON 1521 WAS CONFIRMED TO BE PN 56661-A WHICH HAS SB FJ44-72-099 PENDING FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SPINNER AT CHECK 4 OR SUBSEQUENT MPI.

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