Service difficulty report · Planetary Gear · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
June 29, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Part
Planetary Gear
Part number
310152501
Condition
Separated
Location
Reduction Gearbx
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
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) DURING FLIGHT A CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON NR2 ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND METAL IN THE OIL FILTER. THE ENGINE WAS SENT FOR INVESTIGATION AND DISASSEMBLY OF THE REDUCTION GEARBOX ASCERTAINED THE MAIN DAMAGE AND PROBABLE SOURCE OF THE METAL PARTICLES ON THE CHIP DETECTOR WAS A PIECE OF METAL MISSING FROM THE END OF ONE TOOTH ON ONE OF THE 1ST STAGE PLANET GEARS. THIS WAS NO DISCOLORATION OF THE CARRIERS OR OTHER COMPONENTS INDICATING LACK OF LUBRICATION. CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE 1ST STAGE PLANET GEARS AND THE SUN GEARS REVEALED SIGNIFICANT SPALLING ON THE TEETH, WHICH LED TO FAILURE AND METAL CONTAMINATION.