Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
August 3, 2016
Submitted
August 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422MA
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC635
Aircraft time
30,463 hours, 35,715 cycles
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
20475546
Part serial
110911
Condition
Leaking
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
3,531 hours, 3,574 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

WHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RT WING OVER HEAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY VISIBLE SMOKE OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, TURNED OFF THE RT BLEED AIR, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND DONNED HIS OXYGEN MASK. ONCE THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THE RT BLEED AIR WAS TURNED OFF, THE SMOKE STARTED TO DISSIPATE AND THE WING OVERHEAT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE RT COOLING TURBINE FAILED CAUSING THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND THE WING OVER HEAT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. R & R THE RT COOLING TURBINE, PN: 204755-4-6, SN: 110-991. GROUND RUNS COMPLETED THE RT COOLING TURBINE FUNCTIONAL CHECKED NORMAL; NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AT THIS TIME.