Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 9, 2021
Submitted
December 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N120UC
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC120
Aircraft time
31,498 hours, 37,968 cycles
Engine
Pwc JT15D5D
Part
Engine
Part number
PT6A65B
Part serial
PCE32496PS320
Condition
Active
Location
Zone 500
Part time
28,714 hours, 34,935 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

FLYING DOWN WHEN AT SLC ENGINE POWER SET APPROXIMATELY 1700 POUNDS ICE VEINS DEPLOYED. AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH BUILD UP AND LEFT ENGINE WAS SEARCHING APPROXIMATELY 500 POUNDS OF TORQUE. PILOT BROUGHT PROPS FORWARD AND STARTED ADDING POWER AND NOTICED ITT IN LEFT ENGINE JUMPED TO 950 DEGREES. PILOT IMMEDIATELY REDUCED POWER. A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT WAS NOTICED OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT PILOT LOCKED AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST OF THE ENGINE AND APPEARED TO HAVE THE UPPER ENGINE OWING ENCASED IN FLAMES. PILOT EXECUTED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FIRE EXTINGUISHED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SAFELY AND AIRCRAFT WAS TUGGED TO THE RAMP AFTER PILOT CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND SHUT DOWN.

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