Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B
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SDR CA120222002Pushrod · corroded(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING PHASE 5, FOUND RT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB PUSH RODS CORRODED AT NUT. PUSH ROD WERE REPLACED BEFORE THE NEXT FLIGHT.SDR CA120228003Engine · power loss(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER INITIATING DESCENT AT FL390, THE PILOT RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC ENGINE CONTROL REVERSION TO MANUAL WARNING AS POWER WAS BEING REDUCED. ACFT VIBRATIONS WERE ALSO NOTICED. THE CREW RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST TWICE TO RESTORE ENGINE CONTROL WITSDR CA120227002Oil System · low pressure(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES AFTER T/O, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED FLUCTUATING AND FELL BELOW LIMITS. THE CREW SHUTDOWN AND SECURED THE ENGINE. THE ACFT DIVERTED TO AIRPORT AND CARRIED OUT AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ONSDR CA120115008O-Ring · cut(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING AT CRUISE FL410, THE NR 2 ENGINE N1 ROLLED BACK FROM ABOUT 90 PERCENT TO 70 PERCENT WITH ASSOCIATED FUEL FLOW DECREASE. THE CREW INITIATED A DESCENT, NOTICED A KNOB SPLIT BETWEEN THE 2 ENGINES, DID NOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND A NOSDR CA111113003Engine · smoke(CAN) AFTER COMPLETION OF THE FLIGHT AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN, WHITE SMOKE BEGAN EMANATING FROM THE RT ENGINE NACELLE. IN THE 2 MINUTES AFTER NOTICING THE SMOKE THE AMOUNT AND DENSITY COMING OUT INCREASED VERY RAPIDLY. THE ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED THERSDR DXTA2011103104769Engine · leakingAFTER FLIGHT AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN, WHITE SMOKE BEGAN EMANATING FROM THE RT ENGINE NACELLE. TROUBLESHOT RT ENGINE SMOKING AFTER SHUTDOWN INSPECTED EXTERIOR OF ENGINE. INSPECTED THROTTLE RIGGING. REMOVED SPINNER, FOUND OIL UNDER SPINNER. R & R NR 2 ENGINE IAW SDR CA111030001Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING DECENT, THE RT ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE, STARTED TO VIBRATE, AND THEN REVERTED TO MANUAL. THE CREW SHUTDOWN AND SECURED THE ENGINE BEFORE MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT DESTINATION. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ON-GOING.SDR CA111019017O-Ring · leaking(CAN) OIL LEAK FROM OIL COLD START VALVE O-RING, AS3209-120 ON HSG 30J2350-01. REPLACED O-RING, PN AS3209-120 ON HOUSING AND O-RING, AS3209-120 ON CAP. RAN UP ENGINE AND OPERATION WAS SATISFACTORY WITH NO OIL LEAKS.SDR Z5FA20110824001Oil System · leakingRT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON DURING CRUISE. DIVERTED AFTER DECLARING EMERGENCY. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. RT ENGINE IS BEING REPLACED. ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO OIL FOUND BEHIND FAN SPINNER AND IN ENGINE COMPRSDR CA110830002Oil System · low pressure(CAN) DURING REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, DURING CLIMB, PILOT NOTICED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL CAUTION LIGHT, CREW REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT WHERE AN UNEVENFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMESDR CA110830003Oil System · low pressure(CAN) DURING REVENUE FLIGHT, ENROUTE, IN CRUISE THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING SOUNDED. PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND OIL PRESSURE FELL INTO RED BAND. PILOT SHUT DOWN AND SECURED THE ENGINE. ACFT WAS DIVERTED WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERSDR CA110715002Wire Harness · faulted"APU RELAY ENGAGED" LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON ANYTIME THE APU MASTER SWITCH WAS SELECTED ON. THIS LIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO INDICATE TO THE CREW ANY TIME EITHER THE APU STARTER OR GENERATOR RELAYS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. WITH THIS FAILURE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO VSDR CA110614003Oil System · pressure loss(CAN) OIL PRESSURE LOSS/IFSD DURING FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND NO OIL INDICATION ON THE SIGHT GLASSES AND NO EVIDENCE OF EXTERNAL OIL LEAK. SDR CA110606002Oil System · low pressure(CAN) LOW OIL PRESSURE/IFSD DURING T/O, OIL PRESSURE WAS LOST, WENT TO ZERO. THE PILOTS COMPLETED THE TAKEOFF, THEN INITIATED THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERFORMED. TROUBLESHOOTSDR 2011FA0000196Support Bracket · damagedDURING MX (PERFORMING MSG3 TASK 27-90-20-721 RUDDER AND RUDDER TRIM CONTROL SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECK) IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FAIRLEAD TUBE PN 6661051-20 FOR THE RUDDER CABLES, WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE EXTERNAL FRAMES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AT LBL4.00 WAS SDR CA110228016Oil System · low pressure(CAN) LOW OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWING T/O AT FL130, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND THE OIL PRESSURE CAME BACK NORMAL, HOWEVER UPON RE-ADVANCING THE THROTTLE, THE WARNING CAME BACK ON. POWER WAS REDUCED, EMERGENCY WSDR CA110228017Engine · malfunctioned(CAN) LOW OIL PRESSURE & IFSD DURING FLIGHT, THE CREW OBSERVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING AND PRESSURE FLUCTUATING. SUBSEQUENTLY, OIL TEMPERATURE WENT TO 117C AND PRESSURE WENT TO 25 PSI. THE CREW ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN AND SECURE THE ENGINE AND RETURN TO HOMESDR 2011FA0000007Display · failedWHILE IN CRUISE, CO-PILOTS PFD WENT BLANK. CREW REVERTED DISPLAY TO MFD (CTR) SCREEN AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION WITHOUT INNCIDENT. REMOVED CTR MDF DISPLAY (DU1080) AND INSTALLED IN NR 2 (COPILOTS) PFD POSITION. REMOVED NR 2 (CO-PILOTS) PFD DISPLAY (DU1080SDR 2011FA0000009Isolation Valve · sluggishCREW NOTED THAT AFTER LANDING THE LT THRUST REVERSER SEEMED SLOW TO DEPLOY: REMOVED ISOLATION VALVE DUE TO LT T/R SLOW TO DEPLOY. REMOVED THRUST REVERSER LOCKOUT PINS AND ENABLED THE THRUST REVERSER SYS. THRUST REVERSER SYS OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD IAWSDR DXTA2011010304386Ahrs · illuminatedRED HEADING AND ATTITUDE FAIL MESSAGE ON THE NR 2 PFD. REMOVED FAULTY NR 2 AHRS & INSTALLED. OPS CHECKED REPAIRED UNIT IAW MM 34-21-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR DXTA2011010304392Actuator · inoperativeLT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO SHOW, DOWN AND LOCKED UPON LANDING. ROTORY TEST SHOWED BULB WORKED AND EMERGENCY CHECKLISTS WERE PREFORMED. T-HANDLE AND BLOW DOWN KNOB WERE BOTH PULLED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING THE LT MAIN GEAR DID ILLUMINATE FSDR Z5FA121710N540CS1Actuator · defectiveON APPROACH, CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND DID NOT GET RT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOLLOWING AFM CHECK LIST A ROTARY TEST FUNCTION FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED AND THE RT GEAR BULB DID ILLUMINATE. CREW ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED DUE TO RUNWSDR DXTA2010121104360Warning Light · illuminatedDURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMBOUT, THE LT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED PASSING THROUGH 6000' AND 235 KIAS. EMERGENCY STOW SWITCH WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY POSITION. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND AIRSPEED REDUCED BELOW 200 KIAS. TR "UNLOCK" LSDR DXTA2010120604353Actuator · inoperativeAFTER TAKEOFF, GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT REMAINED ON, ALL GEAR GREEN LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED, AND HYD PRESS ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED ON, SELECTED GEAR HANDLE DOWN, ALL GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND HYD PRESS ANNUNCIATOR EXTINGUISHED. R & R RT MLG ACTUATOR IAW MM 32-30-SDR DXTA2010120604351Lamp · inoperativeLT MLG GREEN LIGHT INOPERATIVE. DID A GO AROUND, TESTED THE GEAR LIGHTS. RAN THE BB1 EMERGENCY CHECK LIST. RELAMPED LT MLG GREEN LIGHTS. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. WORK DONE IAW MM 33-10-01.SDR DXTA2010120304345Trim System · malfunctionedDURING THE DESCENT FROM 39000' THE PITCH TRIM ANNUNCIATION ON THE PFDS CAME ON. WITH THE AUTOPILOT OFF THE TRIM WHEEL COULD NOT BE TRIMMED ANY FURTHER FWD. AT LOWER ALTITUDES THE TRIM WORKED FREELY. PURGED AND LUBRICATED THE ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATORS, INSPECTEDSDR DXTA2010120104339Unknown · odorJUST PRIOR TO DECENT, TRANSFERRED FUEL FROM LT TANK TO RT. AFTER WHICH NOTICED ODOR OF FUEL. OPENED OVERHEAD FRESH AIR VENTS & DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING. ON POST FLT DID NOT SMELL FUEL IN THE HOLE OR THE CARGO BAY, ONLY IN THE CABIN & AFT CLOSET. SUSPECT CREW SDR DXTA2010112904336Strut · leakingON FINAL APPROACH THE LT MLG FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND TO GIVE A GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT INDICATION. THE LANDING GEAR WAS BLOWN DOWN IAW THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. WHEN PNEUMATIC PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, THE LT MAIN GEAR FULLY EXTENDED GIVING A GREEN LIGHT INDICATSDR DXTA2010112904323Computer · failedATTITUDE AND HEADING ON CO-PILOTS PFD FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. REMOVED INTERMITTENT AHRU NR 2. INSTALLED A REPAIRED AHRU NR2. SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW AMM 34-21-01.SDR FOTR2019813418Shear Tie · corrodedCORROSION ON SHEAR TIE AFT SIDE OF BS 700 BETWEEN STR 28L-27L. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AT STA 700 BETWEEN STR 27L - 28L DIM 5.5" X 1" IAW SRM 51-10-1. FAB NEW AFT REINFORCEMENT SHEAR TIE FROM 7075-T6 .050" PO 90010289 DIM 6" X 2"IAW SRM 51-10-3 & 51-20-1. LOCATESDR FOTR2019813376Skin · corrodedCORROSION ON RT OTBD FWD FLAP. REMOVED DAMAGE, SANDED, CLEANED PREPPED AREA IAW SRM 51-40-20. FABBED DOUBLES FROM 2024-T3 .020" PO 9009917, APPROX 12" X 3". HOT BONDED DOUBLER TO PREPPED AREA IAW SRM 51-40-20. CLEANED, SEALED AND FINISHED REPAIR IAW SRM 51-40SDR DXTA2010112404319Connector · burnedWHEN VIDEO SCREEN AT SEAT NR3 WAS INSTALLED, SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM SOCKET AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER FROM BEHIND CLUB TABLE. SCREEN WAS REMOVED AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. SCREEN CONNECTOR PLUG IS BURNED. REMOVED DEFECTIVE SOCKET & INSTALLED A NEW SOCKET IAW IMM 25-2SDR DXTA2010112304317Actuator · failedON TAXI OUT, GEAR WARNING SOUNDED. LOOKED DOWN AT THE GEAR POSITION INDICATIONS TO SEE THE RT GREEN GEAR LIGHT OUT, AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT WAS STOPPED STRAIGHT AHEAD, WARNING HORN CEASED, AND AGAIN HAD 3 GREEN AND NO RED LIGHTS. ACFT WASSDR DXTA2010112204315Metering Valve · malfunctionedAFTER LANDING AND DURING TAXI, THE RT BRAKE GRABS VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. AFTER SHUTDOWN SITTING IN CHOCKS, A LOUD NOISE COMES FROM RT WING WHEN RT BRAKE APPLIED. NORMAL OPERATION OF LT BRAKE. REMOVED BRAKE VALVE. INSTALLED OVERHAULED BRAKE METERING SDR DXTA2010111704308Transceiver · inoperativeDESCENDING THROUGH 11,500 FT WITH AN AIRSPEED OF 250 KTS. HAD GEAR WARNING AURAL INDICATION. IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION 11,000 AGL. HAD AN ADDITIONAL 4 AURAL WARNING LASTING FROM 3 SECONDS TO 25 SECONDS DURING THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. ALSO HAD AN EGPWS WARNINSDR DXTA2010102904281Handle · unknownAFTER PLACING LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, LANDING GEAR ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ALSO NOTED NO SOUND OR VIBRATION NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR EXTENTION. CREW RAN LANDING GEAR WILL NOT EXTEND CHECKLIST AND ACHIEVED POSITIVE DOWNLOCK INDICATIONS. JSDR DXTA2010102704276Shutoff Valve · bindingON TAKEOFF, RUDDER PEDALS VERY STIFF. CONFIRMED YAW DAMPER OFF. RETURNED. RUDDER BIAS CHECKED NORMAL ON TAXI. AFTER LANDING, ON TAXI IN, CHECKED RUDDER STIFFNESS AND FOUND NORMAL AT IDLE POWER BUT RUDDER BECAME PROGRESSIVELY STIFFER AS POWER ADVANCED. COULSDR DXTA2010102604271Computer · failedDURING CLIMB OUT OF 28,000 FT, WITH RT SEAT PILOT FLYING, THE ATTITUDE AND HEADING FAILURE MESSAGE ILLUMINATED IN THE LT SIDE PFD AND THE MFD. THE AUTO-PILOT ALSO FAILED. PUSHED THE LT SIDE ATTITUDE AND HEADING REVERSIONARY BUTTONS AND THE RT SIDE INFORMATIONSDR CA101019002Oil System · low pressureABORTED T/O THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING T/O. THE T/O WAS ABORTED AND WHEN THROTTLES WERE RETARDED THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND THE OIL PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. SUBSEQUENT INSP REVEALED NO VISIBLE OIL ON THE SIGHT GLASS. TROUBLESHOOTING IS SDR Z5FA100610N523CS1Bulb · inoperativeON FINAL APPROACH, CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND DID NOT GET RT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOLLOWING AFM CHECK LIST A ROTARY TEST FUNCTION FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED AND THE RT GEAR DOWN DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED, SDR CA101007011Heat Shield · crackedDURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF A RT WING OVERHEAT IN CLIMB, WE FOUND DURING ACCESS THAT THE RT INBD L/E HEAT SHIELD WAS CRACKED ON THE LOWER SECTION APPROX 42 INCHES LONG. REMAINING RT WING HEAT SHIELD WERE INSPECTED, NO DEFECT FOUND. WE ALSO INSPECTED THE LT WINGSDR DXTA2010100604257Brake Assy · malfunctionedBRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. GRINDING AND GRABBING. TAXIED ACFT & VERIFIED PROBLEM, BUT WENT AWAY DURING TAXI. LET BRAKES COOL DOWN & RETAXIED & BRAKE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. BLED LT & RT BRAKES IAW MM 32-44-00 & NEW BLEEDING PROCEDURE. TAXI CHECKED ACFT SDR DXTA2010100104254Display · illuminatedABORTED THE TAKEOFF BETWEEN 50 AND 60KTS DUE TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE IAS COMPARISON MONITOR ON BOTH PFD'S. PURGED THE NR 1 AND NR 2 STATIC PRESSURE SYS REMOVING EXCESSIVE MOISTURE IN THE STATIC LINES AND R & R GASKET PN M25988-1-010 ON THE PILOTS LT STATICSDR DXTA2010092404252Brake Assy · weakLT BRAKE PEDAL MUSHY AND DEPRESSES TO THE STOP. WHILE TAXING IN, MAKING A LT TURN, FELT LITTLE TO NO BRAKING ACTION REMAINING. RT SIDE, LT BRAKE PEDAL NOMINAL. INSPECTED BRAKE, BRAKE COMPONENTS AND LINES FOR LEAK. NONE FOUND. CHECKED OPERATION AND FOUND AIRSDR DXTA2010090804226Servo Valve · surgesLEFT EEC ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED DURING FLIGHT. LT ENGINE RESPONDED TO THROTTLE INPUT. COMPLETED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST. LT N1 & N2 WOULD NOT REMAIN CONSTANT, FLUCTUATED UP TO 1.5 PERCENT FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. FELT OCCASIONAL SLIGHT SURGING FROM THE ENGINE. SDR DXTA2010090204216Control Handle · failedUNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. GEAR HANDLE STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. APPEARS TO BE A SQUAT SWITCH ISSUE. JACKED ACFT AND SWUNG GEAR. NO DEFECTS NOTED. SPOKE WITH MX WHO REQUESTED LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE BE REPLACED. REPLACED LANDING GESDR DXTA2010090204217Pulley · damagedIN FLT, GEAR UP, & FLAPS RETRACTED, A PRONOUNCED GRINDING/BINDING OF ELEVATOR WHEN YOKE IS MOVED FORE & AFT. NOTICABLE WHEN HAND FLYING BETWEEN 160KIAS & 220 KIAS. THERE IS SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRINDING AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO FEEL IT IN THE FLOORBOARDSSDR DXTA2010083004209Oil System · emptyDURING CLIMB, HAD A MASTER WARNING ANNUNCIATOR & LT OIL PRESS ILLUMINATE. NOTED A LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE READING 45 PSI. RT ENGINE INDICATED 75 PSI. DURING NEXT 90 SECS, LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE VARIED BETWEEN 45 & 55 PSI. RT ENGINE REMAINED STEADY AT 75-80 PSSDR CA101027004Transponder · failedATC TRANSPONDER FAILED IN NR 2 COM UNIT. INTEGRATED COM UNIT RC2833K, PN 7510700-665, SN 0707B537. REPLACED WITH SN 10014843 COM OPS TEST AND ATC TRANSPONDER TEST PERFORMED ON MEL 23-01-1 THE ACFT REMAINED RVSM COMPLIANT.SDR DXTA2010072804180Garlock Seal · failedRT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT AT 25,000'. OIL PRESSURE ON GUAGE AT CRUISE POWER SETTING WAS APPROX 28PSI. RETARDED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND OIL PRESSURE ROSE TO APPROX 68 PSI. ENG DATA BUTTON PRESSED DURING DESCENT. PASSING 6,000' ON D
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