Service difficulty report · Engine · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
August 17, 2012
Submitted
August 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N61SJ
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55081
Aircraft time
15,183 hours, 9,311 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Engine time
15,039 hours, 9,250 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
TFE7313AR
Part serial
P85273
Condition
Shutdown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

CLIMBING TO 38000 FT AT CRUISE, PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE, THINKING IT WAS EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION VALVE, AIRPLANE THEN YAWED. PILOT NOTICED POWER DECREASE ON LT ENGINE. NO WARNING LIGHTS, EMERGENCY INDICATIONS. PILOT BROUGHT ENGINE TO IDLE. OIL PRESSURE, OIL TEMP, FUEL FLOW, ALL NORMAL. BEGAN DESCENT AND ROUGHLY AT 5000 FT, PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM LT ENGINE AND SHUTDOWN. THEY MADE A 1 ENGINE LANDING. PILOT NOTED THAT HE COULD NOT TURN LEFT ENGINE FAN BLADE.