Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A
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SDR DXTA2010123004383Tire · flatDURING LANDING ROLL THERE WAS A VIBRATION FELT FROM THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE WAS STOPPED JUST OFF THE RUNWAY AND AN INSP REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR TIRE WAS FLAT. R & R NLG WHEEL ASSY IAW MM 32-41.SDR DXTA2010122204372Rudder Control · frozenON LANDING, DISCOVERED RUDDER FROZEN. TAXIED BY BRAKING ONLY. ONLY ABLE TO MOVE RUDDER AFTER APPROX 15 MINUTES ON GROUND. INSPECTED FUSELAGE STINGER FAIRING DRAIN HOLE AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT SIZE IAW SL 53-05. REMOVED STINGER FAIRING AND BELLY ACCESS PANEL SDR Z5FA121710N509CS1Actuator · defectiveON APPROACH, GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED AND RT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN. AT THIS TIME THE CREW NOTIFIED TOWER FOR VECTORS TO RUN A CHECKLIST FOR THE RT MLG INDICATION. CREW RAN THE CHECKLIST AND YAWED THE ACFT AGAIN AFTER BLOWING DOWN THE GEAR. THE RT MASDR ZESA2010003Duct · looseCABIN ALT ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON WHILE ENROUTE. CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBED TO 10000 FT AT FL 310 AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB DURING DESCENT NOT EXCEEDING 13,000 FT. ACFT DESCENDED TO FL 100 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PRESSURIZATION WAS DEFERRED AND ACFT WAS REPOSITIOSDR DXTA2010120204341Control Cable · icedRUDDER WOULD NOT MOVE DURING LANDING FLARE WITH YAW DAMPNER OFF. WOULD NOT MOVE DURING TAXI OR WITH ENGINES OFF. WOULD NOT MOVE BY HAND. FOUND RUDDER DID NOT MOVE. PUSHED HARDER AND HEARD A POP AND RUDDER MOVED SIDE TO SIDE. REMOVED TAIL STINGER AND FOUND SDR DXTA2010120104338Check Valve · failedUPON GEAR RETRACTION THE "LOW HYD FLO" ANNUNCIATOR RT SIDE ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON UNTIL THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. RAN RT ENGINE SELECTED FLAPS DOWN, OPERATED SPEED BRAKES. DURING FLAP EXTENSION AND STAB MOVEMENT CYCLEC 2 OR 3 TIMES COULD NOT DUPICATE DISCSDR DXTA2010112904327Landing Gear · contaminatedGEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER TAKEOFF WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. ALSO HAD THE HYD PRESS LIGHT, RAN THE CHECKLIST AND THE RT MAIN DROPPED FIRST. ALL 3 GEAR LOCKED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND LARGE AMOUNT OF SAND TYPE MATERIAL ON ALL MLSDR DXTA2010112904331Display · failedCOPILOTS PFD FAILED RED X THEN BLANK SCREEN-- IT RETURNED TO OPERATING STATUS AFTER A FEW MINUTES- ALSO A VERY STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT IN THE COCKPIT AREA. NO CURCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPPED. INSPECTED AND FOUND A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR COMISDR 2010FA0001193Pump · cloggedAFTER A NORMAL START, LT POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED TO TAXI, AND WHEN RETARDED SLIGHTLY TO ADJUST POWER SETTING, THE "LOW FUEL PRESSURE" ANNUNCIATOR WAS NOTED TO BE ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY FOLLOWED BY THE "LT FUEL PUMP ON" ANNUNCIATOR. TURNING THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPSDR DXTA2010111004302Inlet · contaminatedSMOKE IN CABIN. APU WAS RUNNING FOR APPROX 5 MINS WITH BLEED OFF. NOTICED NO SMOKE. TURNED BLEED ON AND AFTER APPROX 2 MINS HAD SMOKE IN THE CABIN. LATER WE RAN BOTH ENGINES WITH NO APU AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY SMOKE. FOUND OIL IN APU AIR INLET. REMOVED WATERSDR DXTA2010110804296Warning Horn · false activationGEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. FIRST, FOR 30 SECONDS AT IAS OF 210 KTS & FL220, FLAPS 0. INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THROTTLE SETTING WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH HORN. SECOND, HORN SOUNDED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, AT 210 KIAS APPROACHING 8000 FT. THIRSDR DXTA2010102804277Display · malfunctionedON CLIMB OUT, CO-PILOT'S PFD NR 2 WENT BLANK FOR 5 - 6 SECONDS, WITH CHECK PFD NR 2 ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED & MASTER CAUTION. SCREEN CAME BACK ON WITH RED X FOR APROX 10 SECONDS, WITH CHECK PFD NR2 ANNUCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITH MASTER CAUTION. THEN SCREEN REBOOSDR DXTA2010102704275Oil System · overservicedWITH APU RUNNING & APU BLEED AIR ON, A STRONG BURNING RUBBER LIKE ODOR ENTERED CABIN ON TAXI OUT. APU BLEED AIR SELECTED OFF & ODOR WENT AWAY. INSPECTED WATER SEPARATOR IAW MM 21-51-00. LEAK CHECKED APU & BLEED AIR PLUMBING. CHECKED GOOD. FOUND APU OIL OVSDR DXTA2010102604273Actuator · contaminatedDURING CRUISE THE PITCH TRIM JAMMED/FROZE IN THE CRUISE POSITION. REMOVED OLD GREASE AND MOISTURE FROM TRIM ACTUATORS AND APPLIED NEW GREASE. OPS CHECKS GOOD. WORK PERFORMED IAW CH 12-21-01 OF MM. ACCESSED TRIM CABLES IN TAILCONE, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. OPSDR DXTA2010102004268Tire · failedNOSE TIRE BLEW OUT DURING LANDING. R & R NOSE WHEEL/TIRE ASSY IAW MM 32-41-01.SDR DXTA2010101204258Autopilot Sys · unknownCLIMBING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 380 WITH THE AUTO PILOT ON AND FLIGHT LEVEL CHANGE SET TO .65, THE ACFT PITCHED UP TO APPROX 10 DEGREES. THE VERTICAL SPEED INDICATED A CLIMB OF OVER 3000 FT PER MINUTE. ACFT LOST 18 KNOTS INDICATED AND STARTED TO EXPERIENCE BUFFSDR DXTA2010101204259Transmitter · out of adjustDURING TAKEOFF CLIMB, THE WIND SHEAR WARNING CAME ON IN CALM WINDS. AT 170 KNOTS INDICATED AND FLAPS UP THE ANGLE OF ATTACK TAPE ON THE AIR SPEED INDICATOR SHOWED APPROX 145 KNOTS AT THE TOP OF THE WHITE ARCH. ADJUSTED FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER IAW MM 34-14SDR CA100928001Engine · shutdownIFSD LT ENGINE SHUTDOWN UN-COMMANDED AND ACFT LANDED SAFELY AT DESTINATION. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED HEAT DISTRESS CONSISTENT WITH A FUEL MANIFOLD LEAK. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.SDR DXTA2010091304233Engine · power lossRT ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE TAKEOFF POWER WITH THROTTLE POSITIONED AT THE STOP. TARGET N1 WAS 97.3 WHILE ONLY 96.0 WAS INDICATED. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL. RAN ACFT AND VERIFIED WRITE UP OF RT ENGINE. REMOVED LOWER COWLING, ADJUSTED MAXSDR CA100903005Engine · failedABORTED TAKEOFF DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, ON TAKEOFF THE PILOTS PUSHED THE TLA`S FWD AND ITT INCREASED RAPIDLY INTO THE RED. PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ONGOING.SDR 2010FA0000926Garlock Seal · failedOIL LOSS BOTH ENGINES: ACFT HAD BEEN IN AN "INACTIVE FLT STATUS" FOR APPROX 18 MONTHS. ACFT HAD BEEN FULLY MAINTAINED & ENGINE/ APU RUN UPS & ACFT TAXI CHECKS COMPLETED EVERY 30 DAYS. APPROVED OIL HAD BEEN USED SINCE DELIVERY. ACFT HAD BEEN PREPPED FOR A MX SDR CA100831006Indicator · inoperative(CAN) DUEL ENGINE IFSD DURING MX FLIGHT, AT 4500 FEET ALTITUDE, PILOT NOTICED LOW MOP AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. THE PILOT PERFORMED A TURN AROUND WHERE THEY PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. WHILE TAXIING, THE SECOND ENGINSDR CA100831004Engine · shutdownIFSD DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, A FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING CAME ON WITH SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE RT ENGINE SHUTDOWN BY ITSELF AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK TO POINT OF ORIGIN WAS PERFORMED (FAA SDR 2010091100220/DXSDR DXTA2010081604190Engine · smokeABOUT 3 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING AND CLIMBING TO 10,000 FT WE GOT A MASTER WARNING LIGHT AND A R OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR. ALSO, OBSERVED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE TAPE ON THE RT SIDE WAS AT THE BOTTOM IN THE RED. SECONDS AFTER WE SMELLED SMOKE AND THE PASSENGER SDR CA100804012Engine · smokeON GROUND EVENT POST LANDING, THE TOWER SAW ENOUGH BLUE SMOKE AROUND THE ENGINE/A/C TO CALL IN THE FIRE DEPT. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. POST EVENT INSP FOUND NO OIL IN THE OIL TANK AND NO EVIDENCE OF EXTERNAL LEAKAGE. INTERNAL OIL LEAK IS SUSPECTED FOR WHSDR 2010FA0000784Fcu · malfunctionedWHILE DESCENDING INTO THE BASE AIRPORT, THE NR 2 ENGINE WOULD NOT ROLL BACK TO IDLE WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED. THE THROTTLE APPEARED TO HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER THE ENGINE AT THAT POINT. A SLOW ACCELERATION OF THE NR 2 ENGINE FORCED THE CREW TO SHUT IT DOWNSDR CWQR.2010.04Tube · brokenDURING A SCHEDULED INSP/ OPS CHECK OF THE ECU, WE FOUND THE ASPIRATOR TUBE ASSY BROKEN AT THE FLAIR NUT FITTING ON THE ECU. A SERVICE CONDITION REPORT HAS ALSO BEEN SUBMITTED TO MFG UNDER SCR 520216.SDR QXEA2010070600379Sill · corrodedC-CHECK - CORROSION PRESENT ON AFT BAGGAGE DOOR SILL. REMOVED CORROSION IAW 51-21-06-001-001-A01, SRM, NO DAMAGE ALLOWED IAW SRM 53-61-23-101-001-A01. PERFORMED ECI ON AFT BAGGEAGE BAY DOOR SILL BLEANDED AREA. NO CRACKS OR CORROSION FOUND AT THIS TIME IAW NSDR QXEA2010070600380Stringer · corrodedRFD - C CHECK - FOUND CORROSION ON STRINGER 20L BETWEEN FS485-FS501. REMOVED CORROSION FROM STR 20L AT FS485-FS501 IAW SRM 51-21-06-001-001-A01. 2 AREAS BLENDED 1ST BLEND MEASURES .5"X.5" AND .007" DEEP, 2ND BLEND WAS 1"X 1" AND .005" DEEP. ORIGINAL MATERIALSDR DXTA2010062504131Wire Harness · faultyLEFT ENGINE ITT SPIKED TO 800° IN FLIGHT. TRIED TO CONTROL TEMP WITH THROTTLE, BUT WHEN WE DESCENDED TO 5000', ITT EXCEEDED 760°. SHUTDOWN ENGINE, BUT ITT NEVER DROPPED BELOW 500° - EVEN WHEN ON GROUND. FOUND T1 SENSOR HARNESS OUT OF LIMITS AND ERRATIC. INSTSDR CA100703001Probe · cracked(CAN) TEMP EXCURSION/IFSD DURING DESCENT, THE ENGINE TEMP SPIKED AND THE PILOT TRIED TO CONTROL TEMP WITH THROTTLE SETTINGS TO NO AVAIL. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY SINGLE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY TEMP INDICATION RESULSDR CA100622007Compressor · stalledINABILITY TO MODULATE THRUST DURING INITIAL APPROACH, AS THE PILOT INCREASED POWER FROM IDLE, THE LT ENGINE HAD COMPRESSOR STALLS. THE CREW WAS NOT ABLE TO MODULATE THRUST AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH THE AFFECTED ENGINE AT IDLE. TROUBLESHOOTSDR CA100725002Engine · malfunctionedDURING DESCENT, WHILE REDUCING POWER THE N1 AND ITT WERE INCREASING. ENGINE REVERTED TO MANUAL, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN CONTROL. ENGINE WAS SECURED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT DESTINATION. THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT IS BEING REPLACED. MFG WILL INVESTIGSDR DXTA201006014106Door · failedMAIN ENTRY DOOR HISS ON CLIMB OUT, DOOR OPENED IN FLIGHT UPON RETURN TO AIRPORT. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED WITH THE DOOR LATCHING/WARNING SYS. NTSB INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS, AWAITING CVR SUMMARY.SDR DXTA2010052504102Line · misinstalledWHILE ACCOMPLISHING THE RUDDER BIAS CHECK, WHEN PUSHING RT THROTTLE UP, LT PEDAL ADVANCED. WHEN PUSHING LT THROTTLE UP, RT PEDAL ADVANCED. INSPECTED & FOUND LINES INSTALLED IN WRONG POSITION. REMOVED RUDDER BIAS VALVE. REMOVED FITTINGS GOING INTO VALVE AND SDR CA100525002Eec · malfunctionedINABILITY TO MODULATE POWER ON BOTH ENGINES DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, WHILE CLIMBING, BOTH ENGINES DECREASED BY 5 PERCENT N1 UNCOMMANDED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT. THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO CRUISE SETTING AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO SDR CA100622008Wire Harness · damagedINABILITY TO MODULATE POWER ON BOTH CLIMBING, BOTH ENGINES DECREASED ENGINES DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, WHILE BY 5 PERCENT N1 UNCOMMANDED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT. THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO CRUISE SETTING AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO SDR DXTA2010050304084Eec · malfunctionedCLIMBING THROUGH FL280 HAD PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER ON THE RT ENGINE, POWER LEVERS IN CLIMB. MAX POWER WAS 64.5 % WITH FUEL FLOW OF 360. LT ENG APPROX 85 % & FUEL FLOW AROUND 800. DESCENDING THROUGH FL250 ENG POWER RETURNED TO NORMAL. R & R RT ENG EEC IAW MM 7SDR DXTA2010042604076Brake Assy · weakCAPTAINS LT BRAKE PEDAL GOES ABOUT HALF WAY TO FLOOR BEFORE BRAKES BEGIN TO TAKE EFFECT. ONCE THAT POINT IS REACHED, BRAKES SEEMS TO WORK OK, BUT LT AND RT PEDALS DO NOT MATCH. CHECKED MASTER CYL FOR LEAKAGE, NONE NOTED. CHECKED HISTORY OF SQUAWK. FOUND WITHISDR DXTA2010031504027Attach Fitting · brokenTWICE WHILE AT TAXI SPEED BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND NO BRAKING OF THE ACFT OCCURED. PEDALS HAD GOOD PRESSURE AND HARDER APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES RESULTED IN GOOD BRAKES. BOTH FAILURES LASTED LESS THAN ONE SECOND. BRAKES AND ANTISKID OPERATED NORMALLY ON LANDINGSDR DXTA2010031504030Oil System · reads highAT CLIMB TO FL370. RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE EXCEEDED RED LINE TO 190/200PSI. REDUCED THROTTLE & BEGAN TO DESCEND. AT FLT IDLE, OIL PSI STAYED ABOVE RED LINE UNTIL BELOW FL200. KEPT THROTTLE AT FLT IDLE. PSI HIGHER THAN LT ENGINE BUT STAYED IN GREEN AT 120PSI. ASDR DXTA2010030304010Wire Harness · faultedRT THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DESCENT TO DESTINATION. PERFORMED APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECKLIST. AFTER RUNNING THE CHECKLIST THE UNLOCK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED INITIALLY BUT THEN STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF UNTIL LANDINGSDR DXTA2010022203997Heating Element · failedAT FL230 SAT WAS -30C. NOTICED SPARKS AT THE TOP RT PORTION OF PILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD AND WITHIN 5 SECONDS THE WINDSHIELD COMPLETELY SHATTERED, "WINDSHIELD FAIL R" ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. TROUBLESHOT & FOUND PILOTS WINDSHIELD HEATING ELEMENTS SDR CA100218001Windshield · broken(CAN) WINDSHIELD OUTER PLY SHATTERED AS ACFT CLIMBED THROUGH 10,000 FT, ACFT RETURNED TO LAND WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTY. (TC 20100218001)SDR DXTA2010020803976Isolator · overtempABOUT 400 FT AFTER TAKEOFF, LT ENG HAD HIGH ITT, WITH NOISE & VIBRATION SIMILAR TO COMPRESSOR STALLS. LT EEC ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ALSO. WHEN POWER ON LT ENG REDUCED THE ITT RETURNED TO NORMAL TEMPS. POWER LATER BROUGHT UP OUT OF IDLE BUT VIBRATIONS & AN OSDR CA100216007Bleed Valve · faulty(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO CLIMB SETTING, A SERIES OF SURGES WERE HEARD ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINE TEMPERATURE AT MAX. GAGE DEFLECTION (ABOVE 800° C). POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE ENGINE EEC WENT TO MANUAL AND THE TEMPERATURE REDUCED. AS SDR CA100203002Turbine · leaking(CAN) DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND SMOKE IN CABIN. PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND DIVERT TO AIRPORT WERE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERFORMED. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED OIL IN THE BYPASS AND THE CORE.SDR DXTA2010011503946Servo · faultedDURING INITAL CLIMB WE HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE REAR OF AIRPLANE. COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE IT CAME FROM. SUSPECT COMPRESSOR STALL. R & R BOV TORQUE MOTOR IAW MM 75-30-01. ALL CHECKS GOOD IAW MM 71-00-00.SDR DXTA2010010403928Engine · shutdownLT ENGINE AT IDLE AFTER START; LT ENGINE CEASED RUNNING AT IDLE THROTTLE SETTING. REMOVED LT ENG LOWER COWLING INSPECTED CABLE FROM FUEL CONTROL TO HELL HOLE AND BULKHEAD, FOUND SATISFACTORY. INSPECTED ATTACHMENTS. FUEL LINES INCLUDED (P3 LINE) FOUND GOOD. SDR DXTA2009101903815Bleed Valve · inoperativeRT ENGINE FAILED TO ATTAIN T/O N1 POWER. AFTER MULIPLE ATTEMTS AND AN A/C "RESET" THE BEST N1 ATTITUDE WAS 68%, N1 WITH 100% N2 INDICATED. ON FINAL ATTEMT A COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURRED. REPLACED COMPRESSOR BLEED VALVE. SERVO VALVE/TORQUE MOTOR. INSTALLED SECOND
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