Service difficulty report · Aft Vane Assy · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
March 28, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa PT6A114
Part
Aft Vane Assy
Part number
59550538
Condition
Cracked
Location
Inertial Sep
Part time
5,981 hours
Component
Cessna · 26580086
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RETRACT THE INERTIAL SEPARATOR. IT WAS FOUND THAT HE COULD NOT PUSH THE HANDLE IN. THE FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SHAFT OF THE AFT VANE ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED AT THE LOWER END AND WAS CAUSING THE INERTIAL SEPARATOR TO BIND. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE VANE ASSEMBLY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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