Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Frchld SA227CC

Difficulty date
November 9, 2020
Submitted
November 12, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422MA
Make and model
Frchld SA227CC
Aircraft serial
AC635
Aircraft time
31,653 hours, 37,502 cycles
Engine
Rroyce DART*
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
20475546
Condition
Broken
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

JUST PRIOR TO LEVEL OFF AT 13000, STEADY WING OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE CAME INTO THE CABIN. THE PILOT WENT THROUGH THE MEMORY ITEMS AND CHECKLIST AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND NO MORE SMOKE. RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. PHOENIX ATC ESCALATED TO AN EMERGENCY CATEGORY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. PHX MAINTENANCE INSPECTED CARGO BAY AND RIGHT WING FOR BLEED LEAKAGE, NO LEAK WAS FOUND. PERFORMED GROUND RUN, FOUND RT ACM COOLING TURBINE WAS SEIZED. RT ACM WAS BEING DEFERRED UNDER FLOW CONTROL VALVE SYSTEM, PER MEL 21-4. PART ON ORDER.