Service difficulty report · Clamp · Bolkms BO105S

Difficulty date
June 21, 2010
Submitted
June 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911EB
Make and model
Bolkms BO105S
Aircraft serial
S812
Aircraft time
8,404 hours, 27,671 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
15,046 hours, 17,328 cycles
Part
Clamp
Part number
59285AELPSW3
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr1 Eng Exhaust
Part time
1,000 hours, 21 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT TAKEOFF, THE NR1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ACFT RETURNED TO LANDING ZONE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSP, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE INBD EXHAUST STACK HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE TURBINE EXHAUST COLLECTOR AND HAD WEDGED ITSELF INTO THE ENGINE COWLING. THE EXHAUST GASSES THEN FORCED ITSELF THRU THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING SCORCHING OF ELECTRICAL WIRES, AND SCORCHING OF THE ENGINE COWLING. NO FIRE WAS EVIDENT, JUST EXHAUST HEAT DAMAGE.