Service difficulty report · Exhaust Duct · Swrngn SA227BC

Difficulty date
January 16, 2015
Submitted
January 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779BC
Make and model
Swrngn SA227BC
Aircraft serial
BC779B
Aircraft time
35,120 hours, 39,492 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33112UHR
Engine time
24,529 hours, 27,737 cycles
Part
Exhaust Duct
Part number
31015828
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, F, A

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY 12 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RT ENG FIRE WARNING & WING OVERHEAT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. PILOT PERFORMED EMER STOP FEATHER & FIRED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER; THE WARNINGS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY. RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED NO FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ENG OR ENG COMPARTMENT. MX PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED. DURING ENG RUNS A 2.5 INCH CRACK IN THE EXHAUST DUCT BETWEEN TWO EGT PROBE BOSSES WAS DISCOVERED.