Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
January 20, 2017
Submitted
January 25, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422MA
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC635
Aircraft time
30,622 hours, 36,009 cycles
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
20475546
Part serial
431404
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 600
Part time
30,631 hours, 36,025 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE TURNING TO ESTABLISH LOC RECEIVED A RT WING OVERHEAT INDICATION. SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUM THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FOLLOWING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, REDUCED SPEED IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LG. CONTACTED APPROACH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. BETWEEN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLETING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST THE WING OVERHEAT LIGHT HAD EXTINGUISHED AND THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED BY DEACTIVATION OF SYSTEMS. DID AN AIR TURNBACK TO KBUR AS THE RISK OF AN ACTUAL FIRE HAD DIMINISHED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED RT WING, NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. DISCOVERED THE RT HAND COOLING TURBINE SEAL HAD FAILED. R&R THE RT COOLING TURBINE WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. R&R RT LG WW WING OH SENSOR.