Service difficulty report · Bolt · Emb EMB120RT

Difficulty date
September 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N196CA
Make and model
Emb EMB120RT
Aircraft serial
120196
Engine
Pwa PW118
Part
Bolt
Part number
MS969611
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
TX
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

NO NP OR TORQUE INDICATION AFTER ENGINE START. PROPELLER WAS NOT ROTATING. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN THE PROPELLER COULD NOT BE TURNED BY HAND. WHEN ENGINE DISASSEMBLED, A BROKEN INTERSTAGE CASE BOLT WAS FOUND TO BE JAMMING THE 1ST STAGE POWER TURBINE DISK. BOLT AND POWER TURBINE WERE REPLACED AND ENGINE RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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