Service difficulty report · Sun Gear · Mtsbsi MU2B36

Difficulty date
August 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Mtsbsi MU2B36
Part
Sun Gear
Part number
8681942
Condition
Fractured
Location
Transmission
Part time
10,490 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT NOTED SEVERE VIBRATION WITH NO WARNING. PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN, THE TORQUE WENT TO ZERO. AIRCRAFT RETURNED OK. INSPECTION REVEALED THE PLANETARY PIN P/N 868051-1 WAS CHAFED BY THE PLANETARY GEAR P/N 358268-1 WHICH IN TURN ABNORMALLY LOADED THE SUN GEAR WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED.