Service difficulty report · Planetary Gear · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
September 8, 2006
Submitted
September 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N485R
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB605
Aircraft time
6,802 hours, 6,503 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Engine time
6,457 hours, 6,086 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Planetary Gear
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 1 Gearbox
Part time
6,457 hours, 6,086 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

GEARBOX FAILURE ON NR 1 ENGINE JUST AFTER TAKE OFF, INDICATED BY CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT.