Service difficulty report · Pump · Piper PA60600

Difficulty date
March 26, 2006
Submitted
March 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604TE
Make and model
Piper PA60600
Aircraft serial
600206091
Aircraft time
8,075 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1F5
Engine time
6,741 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCC3YR2
Part
Pump
Part number
RG17980M
Part serial
B5T11
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine Fuel
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, A, R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT, RT ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE PWR. AFTER TURNING FUEL BOOST PUMP SHOWED NO IMPROVEMENT, AND PILOT FEATHERED ENG AND RETURNED TO BASE. AFTER LANDING AND UPON ROLLOUT, NLG COLLAPSED, LT PROP TIPS CONTACTED RUNWAY. RT ENG WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL IGNITION LEADS DAMAGED DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE, AND FIRESLEEVE ON SOME HOSES AROUND FUEL PUMP AREA WERE SINGED. EXACT CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN, BUT APPARENTLY FUEL LEAK DEVELOPED AROUND PUMP AREA WHICH WAS IGNITED BY EXHAUST. CAUSE OF N/G FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. UNDER PWR OF AUXILIARY HYD PUMP, N/G EXTENDED AND LOCKED NORMALLY WHEN NOSE WAS LIFTED AND DAMAGED GEAR DOORS WERE UNJAMMED. PILOT REPORTED 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND NORMAL HYD PRESSURE BEFORE LANDING.