Service difficulty report · Thrust Reverser · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
August 30, 2006
Submitted
September 5, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N795TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK284
Aircraft time
5,365 hours, 4,443 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Engine time
5,365 hours, 4,431 cycles
Part
Thrust Reverser
Part number
2250012515
Part serial
B41392
Condition
Activated
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
591 hours, 537 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE LEVELING OUT AT 10,000 FEET, CREW HEARD A BUMP WHILE THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RT. NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE RECEIVED IN THE COCKPIT. CREW ACTIVATED EMERGENCY STOW BUTTON AFTER DETERMINING THAT RT THRUST REVERSER HAD PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. AFTER REACHING PROPER AIRSPEED THE NOISE AND YAW DEMINISHED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THRUST REVERSER ARM LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THROTTLES DID NOT RETARD AFTER THE EMERGENCY STOW WAS ACTIVATED AFTER PRESSING THE THRUST REVERSER EMERGENCY STOW NO INDICATION FOR THRUST REVERSERS BEING UNLOCKED OR DEPLOYED WERE RECEIVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED, WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. NO DAMAGE OR EVIDENCE OF THRUST REVERSER DEPLOYMENT WAS FOUND WHEN THE RT

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