# Incident 20140403006269I: Learjet Inc 45, Ft Lauderdale, FL, April 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2014, 14:55 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113RX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 45
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 723 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140403006269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT LEFT  BOMBARDIER FT LAUDERDALE FACILITY AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING  FLAP PROBLEM TO PERFORM TEST FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMBING THROUGH 800 FT PLANE YAWED RIGHT AND AIRFRAME VIBRATED SLIGHTLY.CO-PILOT VERBALIZED RIGHT ENGINE FAIL, LOWED NOSE  AND LEVELED OFF AT 2000FT. CREW CONTACTED ATC ,DECLARED AN EMERGENCY  AND LANDED SAFELY BACK AT FT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL.  FSDO-19 PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE HP TURBINE BLADES  AS VIEWED FROM THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. ALSO IDENTIFIED A FEW HOLES ON AIRFRAME STRAKES LOCATED AT TAIL SECTION AS A RESULT OF DAMAGED TURBINE BLADES EXITING ENGINE.

FOUND OUT THAT THE OPERATOR RETRIX AVIATION  INC (6RXA) HAD JUST PERFORMED A CONFORMITY INSPECTION ON THE AIRCRAFT TO ADD IT TO ITS CERTIFICATE. ALSO FOUND OUT THAT  STANDARD AERO(AN3R) OUT OF LOS ANGELES PERFORMED A CZI & MPI INSPECTION  ON THE ENGINE 37 HRS PRIOR TO IT MALFUNCTIONING. REVIEWED RIGHT ENGINE  DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL(DEEC) RECORDS  WITH STANDARD AERO LOCAL REPS WHICH SHOWED NO ABNORMALITIES. ENGINE WAS TRANSPORTED TO STANDARD AERO LOS ANGELES FACILITY FOR INVESTIGATION . AN INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED WITH LOS ANGELES FSDO- WP23 PERSONNEL PRESENT. RECEIVED EMAIL FROM FSDO-WP23 PERSONNEL STATING THE FOLLOWING? THE ONLY IMMEDIATE CONCLUSION FROM HONEYWELL SO FAR IS THEY SAW NOTHING DEFICIENT IN THE BUILD OF THE ENGINE. THEY WILL BE SENDING SOME BLADES OFF FOR TESTING TO SEE IF THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERTEMPED, AND WILL BE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION TO ROOT CAUSE. WAITING ON FINAL ENGINE TEARDOWN REPORT FROM OPERATOR.

RECEIVED EMAIL THAT HONEYWELL ISSUED ALERT BULLETINS ON 6/5/2014 FOR LPT2 BLADE SEPARATION ON THE TFE731 ENGINES.

FOLLOWED BY  AN EMERGENCY AD 2014-12-52 ISSUED ON 6/10/2014. HONEYWELL IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT THE AD PERTAINS TO THE ENGINES ON N113RX. WAITING ON FINAL TEARDOWN REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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