What was found
WHILE SETTING CRUISE POWER NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN CLANKING AND POPPING. CREW SECURED NR 2 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE FIELD. MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE OIL TANK. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2002
- Submitted
- January 31, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N988HA
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8201
- Aircraft serial
- 426
- Aircraft time
- 14,900 hours, 17,662 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW123
- Engine time
- 11,367 hours, 13,448 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Part number
- 3038400
- Part serial
- AT0002
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Nr 2
- Part time
- 11,367 hours, 13,448 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- E, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.