Service difficulty report · Turbine · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
May 22, 2002
Submitted
May 30, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N77SF
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft serial
141
Aircraft time
8,579 hours, 8,764 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73121C
Engine time
8,356 hours, 8,540 cycles
Part
Turbine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING CLIMBOUT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A COMPUTER GENERATED AUTOMATIC ROLL BACK OF POWER ON THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO A MATCHING POWER SETTING. IT WAS THEN NOTICED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE ITT WAS MORE THAN 100 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER SEVERAL GROUND MAINTENANCE RUNS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SEVERE HOT SECTION DISTRESS HAD OCCURRED. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR REPAIR. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN.