Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
December 20, 2014
Submitted
January 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N799JA
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
1248
Aircraft time
588 hours, 492 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Engine time
588 hours, 492 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Turbine Blades
Part number
305669301
Condition
Separated
Location
Engine
Part time
588 hours, 492 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT ABOUT 25 KTS AND AS POWER WAS BEING APPLIED, PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT AND SEVERAL CAS MESSAGES. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF, REDUCED POWER, AND TAXIED OFF RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER HAD STOPPED BUT THE GAS GENERATOR SECTION WAS STILL RUNNING UNTIL THE PILOT CUT FUEL TO SHUTOFF ENGINE. POWER TURBINE BLADES DEPARTED THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGE DISCS AND TOOK OUT THE ADJACENT POWER SECTION VANE RINGS. DEBRIS INCLUDING POWER TURBINE BLADES DEPARTED THE ENGINE THRU THE EXHAUST AND IMPACTED THE WING LEADING EDGES AND UPPER SKINS LEAVING SLICES IN THE PNEUMATIC DEICE BOOTS AND NICKS/GOUGES ON THE SKIN. MFG HAS REMOVED THE ENGINE AND IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. ENGINE TREND DATA AND ACFT MONITORING DATA DOES NOT APPEAR TO INDICATE ANY OPERATIONAL ANOMALIES THAT MIGHT CAUSE PT BLADES TO DEPART.