AD 94-18-06

final rule
Data completeness: 70%

Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines

AD Number
94-18-06
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
engine
Docket
94-ANE-20
FR Citation
Federal Register: September 09, 1994 (Volume 59, Number 174)

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTP 101-600 Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTP 101-600A Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTP 101-600A-1A Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTP 101-700A-1A Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600A Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600A-1 Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600A-2 Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600A-3 Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600B Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines
engine Honeywell International Inc. LTS101-600B-3 Textron Lycoming LTS101 Series Turboshaft and LTP101 Series Turboprop Engines

Unsafe Condition

No. 2 bearings with roller cages either undercut or staked improperly, increasing cage stress levels and causing high cycle fatigue fractures at the cross web area, leading to engine power loss and inflight engine shutdown.

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Required Actions

Remove and replace No. 2 bearings (Part Number 4-301-362-01 with specified serial numbers) in accordance with Textron Lycoming ASB A-LT101-72-50-0163. For single-engine or twin-engine aircraft with both affected bearings, do this prior to further flight. For others, within 25 hours time in service after the AD's effective date.

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Compliance Time

prior to further flight (for single-engine or twin-engine with both affected bearings) or within 25 hours time in service after the effective date (for all other aircraft)

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Affected Aircraft

Textron Lycoming LTS101 series turboshaft and LTP101 series turboprop engines with No. 2 bearings, Part Number 4-301-362-01, serial numbers 3-740 through 3-839, 3-1288 through 3-1361, and 4-534 through 4-680. Installed on Aerospatiale AS350/SA-366, Bell 222, MBB BK117 helicopters; Airtractor AT302, Piaggio P166, Cessna 421 (STC), and Page Thrush airplanes.

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