Service difficulty report · Fastener · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
March 4, 2016
Submitted
March 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77SF
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507072
Aircraft time
5,624 hours, 4,488 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7314R
Engine time
102,256 hours, 4,295 cycles
Part
Fastener
Condition
Missing
Location
Accessry Gearbox
Component
Accessry Gearbo · Honeywell
Component part number
307000311
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON DECENT FROM CRUISE A SHUDDER WAS DETECTED WHEN THE POWER LEVERS WERE RETARDED. FLIGHT CREW WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS THE RT ENG CAUSING THE SHUDDER. ALL ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL, AS SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE AFT ACCESSORY GEAR BOX BOLTS MISSING NUTS & WASHERS & THE INBD BOLT HAD SLID ALMOST ALL THE WAY OUT. NEW NUTS & WASHERS WERE INSTALLED & PROPERLY TORQUED. A SATISFACTORY FLIGHT TEST WAS THEN COMPLETED. THE ENG HAD RECENTLY BEEN DISASSEMBLED FOR A LIGHTNING INSPECTION BY THE MFG, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE INSTALLATION OF THESE TWO NUTS WERE NEGLECTED AT THAT TIME.

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