Service difficulty report · Engine · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
May 2, 2014
Submitted
May 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N573G
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT446B
Aircraft time
22,464 hours, 19,171 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33111U
Engine time
26,808 hours, 35,722 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, PILOT TURNED ON ENGINE DE-ICING SYS, RT ENGINE EGT EXCEEDED LIMITS & RT ENGINE FUEL BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE REDUCED TO FLIGHT IDLE BUT RT ENGINE EGT NOT RESPONSIVE & RT ENGINE BYPASS LIGHT REMAINED. ENGINE SHUTDOWN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED, & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MANUALLY ROTATED PROP & ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE ENGINE SHOWED NO DIRECT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED HIGH EGT. TEAR DOWN REPORT WAS ICE BUILDUP IN THE ACFT ENGINE INLET BEFORE ANTI-ICE WAS TURNED ON, INITIATION OF THE ANTI-ICE SYS A SINGLE SIZABLE SHEET OF ICE DROPPED IN FRONT OF THE INLET AREA CAUSING THE OVER TEMP CONDITION RESULTING IN THE SHUTDOWN.