SDR 2012F00143

Service difficulty report · Ring

Difficulty date
July 30, 2012
Submitted
July 30, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B262
Engine time
40,779 hours, 14,041 cycles
Part
Ring
Part number
1318M20G03
Part serial
NA
Condition
Fractured
Location
Compressor
Part time
22,670 hours, 7,712 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

IGV ACTUATION RING FRACTURED AND SUBSEQUENT HPC BLADE LIBERATION, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DOWNSTREAM DAMAGE. APPEARS ENGINE CONTINUED OPERATION WITHOUT ADEQUATE COOLING AIR TO DOWNSTREAM COMPONENTS (HPT/LPT) THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN CFMI EVENT AND CFMI ISSUED A SB 72-0825 (ON WING INSPECTION OF PRE-CFM56-7B S/B 72-0811 ACTUATION COMPRESSOR STATOR INLET GUIDE VANE RING ASSEMBLIES) AND RECENTLY CHANGED THE THRESHOLD FOR HOURS INSTEAD OF CYCLE.ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND SEVERE DAMAGE FROM THE COMPRESSOR DOWNSTREAM WAS CONFIRMED.DAMAGE ON COMPRESSOR WAS CAUSED BY FRACTURED IGV ACTUATION RING CAUSING THE VANES TO BE OFF-SCHEDULE. THE OFFSCHEDULE VANES SET UP A ONE-PER-REV STIMULUS WHICH THEN CAUSED A BLADE FAILURE. DAMAGE ON HPT SECTION WAS CAUSED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE, MISSING MATERIAL, & LACK OF COOLING AIR. DAMAGE ON LPT SECTION WAS CAUSED BY OVERTEMPERATURE AND MISSING MATERIAL.