Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
January 18, 2008
Submitted
February 25, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N52AW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK115
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Right
Part time
4,624 hours, 1,071 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER FULLY CONFIGURING AC FOR LANDING, ON APPROACH, AT APPROX 1500 FT, AGL AND 5 MILES FROM RUNWAY, AC SUFFERED A BIRD INGESTION AND CATASTROPHIC RT ENGINE FAILURE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WITH NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. ON LANDING, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NORMAL BRAKES HAD FAILED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM WAS USED WHICH LOCKED UP THE BRAKES AND BLEW OUT BOTH MAIN TIRES AFTER USE. ON EXAMINATION OF AC IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RT ENGINE WAS DESTROYED, THE COMPRESSOR BLADES WERE GONE AND THE HYDRAULIC LINES TO THE RT ENGINE WERE SEVERED. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE ENGINE APPLIANCES WERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS THE ENGINE NOSE COWL. ENGINE IS BEING REMOVED AND FURTHER INSPECTION IS FORTHCOMING. (K)

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