SDR MDR03029

Service difficulty report · Housing · Skrsky S64F

Difficulty date
November 20, 2003
Submitted
December 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N223AC
Make and model
Skrsky S64F
Aircraft serial
64086
Engine
Pwa JFTD12A4A
Part
Housing
Part number
6535807053043
Condition
Cracked
Location
T/R Gearbox
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TGB CTR HSG FOUND CRACKED WHILE INSTALLED ON AC. IT WAS REMOVED PREMATURELY HAVING A TSO OF 974.7 HR. VISUALLY DETECTED INDIC IN OB WEB OF LT MOUNTING LUG. HSG WAS LOCALLY FPI INSPECTED TO VERIFY. NO IND WAS NOTED. AREA WAS STRIPPED, LIGHTLY ABRADED WITH SCOTCH-BRITE AND ETCHED. AREA WAS ALSO LOCALLY HEATED IN LT LUG AREA TO OPERATING TEMP AND FPI INSPECTED. AT THIS TIME, INDICATION WAS DETECTED. AS HOUSING COOLED TO ROOM TEMP, INDICATION WAS LESS NOTICEABLE. AT ROOM TEMP, INDICATION WAS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. CRACK LOCATION BEGINS AT RADIUS IN IB SIDE OF OB WEB OF LT MOUNTING PAD EXTENDING OUTWARDS, WRAPPING AROUND WEB ENDING AT BOSS FOR INPUT HSG BORE. CRACK LENGTH IS APPROX 2.0 INCHES.