Cooling Baffle
No failure report names the cooling baffle. 2 FAA approvals let 2 companies make a replacement cooling baffle, Turbine Kinetics INC, A Heico Aerospace Company holding the most (1).
Approved replacement parts 2 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a cooling baffle and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a cooling baffle:
For these models most: Piper PA-46 Malibu, Mirage, Matrix and M-Class (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu Aerospace LLC | Assembly – Cooling Baffle 112010-1 | Modification Part | Piper PA-46-350P, PA-46R-350T | 2021-05-06 | current |
| Turbine Kinetics INC, A Heico Aerospace Company | Cooling Baffle Tube Assembly KT-1015 | 794308 | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A, JT8D-17A, JT8D-17AR | 2015-03-24 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.