Service difficulty report · Engine · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
February 15, 2011
Submitted
February 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N600WY
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
526
Aircraft time
3,731 hours, 4,626 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
3,673 hours, 4,562 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Engine
Part number
PT6A67B
Part serial
PCEPR0395
Condition
Overtorqued
Location
Zone 100
Part time
3,673 hours, 4,562 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CLIMBED TO 200 FT AGL, BROUGHT GEAR UP. BEFORE GEAR UP, LIGHTS OUT 400 FT, HEARD A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN NOISE FROM ENG AREA & NOTICED A SURGE & A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT, EIS CAUTION LIGHT & TOP ROW OF EIS FLASHING. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MAXIMUM TORQUE OBSERVED WAS AROUND 50.8 TO 51 PERCENT, ITT MAXIMUM TEMP OBSERVED WAS AROUND 870, NG AND FUEL FLOW WERE NOT OBSERVED. OIL TEMP AND PRESSURE WERE NORMAL AND THE COPILOT HAD CHECKED THE EIS AT 80 KTS AND WAS OBSERVED TO BE NORMAL.