Service difficulty report · Turbine · Lkheed P2V5F

Difficulty date
August 10, 2014
Submitted
August 11, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1386C
Make and model
Lkheed P2V5F
Aircraft serial
128422
Aircraft time
7,774 hours, 4,155 cycles
Engine
Wright R3350*
Part
Turbine
Part number
434176
Part serial
38932
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, B, 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

DURING CRUISE RETURNING TO BASE, WHEN THE NR 2 RADIAL ENGINE REAR SUMP METAL CONTAMINATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY A DEGRADATION OF TORQUE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN CRUISE POWER, WHITE SMOKE OBSERVED FROM THE INBD POWER RECOVERY TURBINE PRT. THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. DURING INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NR 3 PRT FAILED CAUSING OIL SYSTEM CONTAMINATION.