Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
March 27, 2012
Submitted
March 28, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6640C
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
0180
Aircraft time
6,316 hours, 3,158 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A112
Engine time
6,306 hours, 3,153 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Overtemp
Location
Right
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
R, E, M
Precautionary procedure
E, L

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

What was found

ACFT DEPARTED AND ON DECENT THE RT ENGINE WAS ABRUPT AND VIBRATED. PILOT NOTICED AN INCREASE ON THE INTER-TURBINE TEMPERATURE AND A DECREASE IN ENGINE TORQUE. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHICH WAS WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF FLIGHT. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. A BORESCOPE INSP WAS PERFORMED ON ENGINE AND ALL VISUAL INSP WERE GOOD. OIL SCREEN AND CHIP DETECTOR WERE INSPECTED AND NO METAL PARTICLES WERE FOUND. ENGINE OVERTEMP LIMITS PER SECOND ARE BEING EVALUATED TO DETERMINE MX PROCEDURES.

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