SDRs for Beech 400A Engine Power Loss    Jan 2000 to June 2006.
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DJFA2004009 (b) Difficulty Date   07/12/2004 (c) Registration Number   455CW (d) Submitter Type   CARRIER PART 135 (E)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7200 (a) Operator Designator   DJFA Operator Type   Air Carrier (A) (b) When Discovered   DESCENT (DE)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   ENGINE FLAMEOUT (X)  ENGINE FLAMEOUT (J)
 BEECH  400A  RK365  585  503 (e) Precautionary Procedure   UNSCHED LANDING (A)   (c) Engine  PWA  JT15D5  PCEJA0511  593  501 (f) FAA Region   EA     (g) Dist.Off.   23 (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description AFTER STARTING THEIR DESCENT, THE PILOTS NOTICED THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE OUT. DURING DESCENT, THE CREW TRIED STARTING THE NR 2 ENGINE, IT DID NOT START. TRIED THE NR 1 ENGINE IT WOULD NOT START. TRIED THE NR 2 ENGINE AGAIN AND IT STARTED AT ABOUT FL170. DID NOT TRY THE NR 1 ENGINE AGAIN. THE CREW THEN DIVERTED TO KSRQ. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE NTSB AND AT THIS POINT THERE HAS BEEN NO CONCLUSION OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.
2 CA041206003 (b) Difficulty Date   12/02/2004 (c) Registration Number    (d) Submitter Type   FOREIGN PART 129 (W)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7200 (a) Operator Designator    Operator Type   General Aviation (G) (b) When Discovered   CRUISE (CR)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   PARTIAL RPM/PWR LOSS (R)   PARTIAL RPM/PWR LOSS (J)  BEECH  400A       (e) Precautionary Procedure   UNSCHED LANDING (A)   (c) Engine  PWA  JT15D5  JA03070308     (f) FAA Region   CA     (g) Dist.Off.    (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description (CAN) AT 15,000 FT IN LEVEL FLIGHT BOTH ENGINES EXPERIENCED A SIMULTANEOUS, UNCOMMANDED, PARTIAL POWER ROLL-BACK. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE. SUBSEQUENT GROUND RUNS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE EVENT. AIRFRAME CONTROL CABLES AND ENGINE BOV ACTUATOR RODS WERE FOUND MISRIGGED AND CORRECTED. PWC WILL IN VESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND WILL AMEND THIS REPORT TO REFLECT SAME, ONCE AVAILABLE.
3 DJFA2005058 (b) Difficulty Date   02/11/2005 (c) Registration Number   448CW (d) Submitter Type   CARRIER PART 135 (E)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7310 (a) Operator Designator   DJFA Operator Type   Air Carrier (A) (b) When Discovered   DESCENT (DE)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   WARNING INDICATION (J) BEECH  400A  RK368  1182  1024 (e) Precautionary Procedure   OTHER (O)   (c) Engine  PWA  JT15D5       (f) FAA Region   EA     (g) Dist.Off.   23 (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description KMIA - KCVG CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE DESCENDING FROM 19,000 TO 11,000 FEET THE LEFT FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY, THEN RE-ILLUMINATED AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE RIGHT FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THEN MOMENTARILY EXTINGUISHED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. BOTH ANNUNCIATORS WERE ILLUMINATED ON LANDING AND ROLLOUT. AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY BOTH FUEL FILTER BYPASS LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. FUEL TEMPERATURE AT 11,000 FEET WAS -20 TO -22 DEGREES C. MAINTENANCE DRAINED WATER FROM THE FUEL TANKS AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE GROUND RUN WITH NO NOTED DISCREPANCIES. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
4 DJFA2005087 (b) Difficulty Date   04/26/2005 (c) Registration Number   795TA (d) Submitter Type   CARRIER PART 135 (E)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7603 (a) Operator Designator   DJFA Operator Type   Air Carrier (A) (b) When Discovered   CRUISE (CR)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   PARTIAL RPM/PWR LOSS (R)
 BEECH  400A  RK284  4351  3528 (e) Precautionary Procedure   DEACTIVATE SYST/CIRCUITS (H)   (c) Engine           (f) FAA Region   EA     (g) Dist.Off.   23 (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT 380, WITH ENGINE SYNCHRONIZATION ON, BOTH ENGINES ROLLED BACK FROM N1 AT 98.0 TO 90.9, OAT WAS -63 DEGREES. THE ENGINE SYNCHRONIZATION WAS TURNED OFF AND ENGINE IGNITERS WERE TURNED ON. THE CREW WAS THEN ABLE TO INCREASE POWER. A LARGE THROTTLE LEVER SPLIT WAS OBSERVED AND THE LEFT ENGINE GAUGES WERE FLUCTUATING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
5 CA051223001 (b) Difficulty Date   11/28/2005 (c) Registration Number    (d) Submitter Type   FOREIGN PART 129 (W)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7200 (a) Operator Designator    Operator Type   General Aviation (G) (b) When Discovered   CRUISE (CR)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   ENGINE FLAMEOUT (X)  ENGINE FLAMEOUT (J)  BEECH  400A       (e) Precautionary Procedure   UNSCHED LANDING (A)   (c) Engine  PWA  JT15D5       (f) FAA Region   CA     (g) Dist.Off.    (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description DURING CRUISE AT 38K FEET, BOTH ENGINES FLAMED-OUT. IN-FLIGHT RELIGHT ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FOR A DEAD-STICK LANDING. P&WC WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT AND WILL ADVISE OF ROOT CAUSE ONCE ESTABLISHED.
6 DJFA2005168 (b) Difficulty Date   11/28/2005 (c) Registration Number   691TA (d) Submitter Type   CARRIER PART 135 (E)  2. Codes  3. Major Equipment Identity (a) JASC Code   7200 (a) Operator Designator   DJFA Operator Type   Air Carrier (A) (b) When Discovered   DESCENT (DE)       (c) How Other (O) (b) Aircraft Manufacturer Model Serial Number Total Time Total Cycles (d) Nature of Condition   ENGINE FLAMEOUT (X)  ENGINE FLAMEOUT (J)
 BEECH  400A  RK317  4010  3359 (e) Precautionary Procedure   UNSCHED LANDING (A)   (c) Engine  PWA  JT15D5  PCEJA0407  4015  3359 (f) FAA Region   EA     (g) Dist.Off.   23 (d) Propeller            4. Problem Description EN ROUTE, SHORTLY AFTER POWER WAS REDUCED TO BEGIN DESCENT FROM CRUISE ALTITUDE, BOTH ENGINES EXPERIENCED A SUSTAINED POWER LOSS. UNABLE TO RESTART EITHER ENGINE IN FLT. EMERGENCY DECLARED & ACFT DIVERTED. UNDER NTSB INVESTIGATION. MX REPLACED AIRFRAME & ENGINE FUEL FILTERS. CHECKS PERFORMED ON IGNITION ANTI-ICE, FUEL TEMP, AIRFRAME FUEL FILTER BY-PASS INDICATION SYS, NO DISCREPANCIES. LT & RT ENG P-3 BOSSES INSP FOR WORN GASKETS. NO LEAK OR DAMAGE. ENG OIL SOAP SAMPLES & FUEL SAMPLES TAKEN. RT ENG REPLACED, 5 PT ENG RUNS PERFORMED ON LT & RT POWERPLANTS. REMOVED ENG WILL BE TORN DOWN BY MANUF AS PART OF NTSB INVESTIGATION. THREE GROUND POWER RUNS WERE COMPLETED, NO NOTED PROBLEMS.
7 14 Jun 2006 - the aircraft took off from KBWI (Washington-Baltimore) and was headed to Florida but declared an emergency and diverted to KORF (Norfolk Intl Va). There's no mention of the incident in the FAA or NTSB accident/incident databases.
 

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