Service difficulty report · Shaft · Piper PA42

Difficulty date
February 23, 2017
Submitted
June 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N75AW
Make and model
Piper PA42
Aircraft serial
428001046
Aircraft time
8,999 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Engine time
10,490 hours, 5,259 cycles
Part
Shaft
Condition
Sheared
Location
Fuel Pump
Part time
5,259 hours
Component
Fuel Pump · Sundstrandcn
Component part number
02532330003
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1500. JUST BEFORE DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST TORQUE AND % RPM AND LOW OIL PRESSURE WAS INDICATED. CROSSED CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A FAULTY INDICATOR, THEN FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE AND FOLLOWED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE. CONTINUED DESCENT TO A VFR TLH AND LANDED (NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT). CALLED MECHANIC TO DISCUSS, LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. FUEL PUMP LEFT ENGINE REPLACED. LEFT ENGINE FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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