Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech C99

Difficulty date
March 9, 2012
Submitted
March 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N388AV
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U188
Aircraft time
33,763 hours, 57,954 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A36
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT INCIDENT REPORT: LOCATION IS APPROX 10 MILES WEST OF L77. COMPLETING THE FRIDAY CHECKS, WANTED TO DO THE WEEKLY FIRE SYSTEM TEST IN FLIGHT. PULLED BOTH T-HANDLES AND WITH THAT CLOSED BOTH ENGINES DOWN. AFTER PUSHING THE HANDLES BACK WAS ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT ENGINE WORKING. DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND WAS ABLE TO LAND AT L77, AFTER SECURING THE LEFT ENGINE. IT WAS A SINGLE ENGINE EMERGENCY LANDING. MX WENT TO L77 AND CONDUCTED A HOT SECTION CHANGE ON RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO NO ACCURATE INFORMATION AS TO POSSIBLE OVERTEMP WHEN ENGINE SPOOLED BACK UP AFTER FUEL WAS RE-INTRODUCED. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERTEMP WAS FOUND, BUT HOT SECTION CHANGED FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ANYWAY.

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