Service difficulty report · Blade · Amd FALCON900EX

Difficulty date
May 31, 2020
Submitted
June 19, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amd FALCON900EX
Aircraft time
1,617 hours, 1,850 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73160
Engine time
1,617 hours, 1,850 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Broken
Location
Compressor
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
B
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, ENGINE 3 INDICATED AN ITT OF 1022. POWER WAS REDUCED ON #3 TO NORMAL OP TEMPS. IN THE CLIMB, IF AUTOTHROTTLES WERE USED, #3 ITT WOULD APPROACH TEMP LIMITS WHEN THE AUTO THROTTLES ACHIEVED MCT. AUTO THROTTLES WERE NOT USED AFTER THAT EXCEPT IN CRUISE. IN CRUISE #3 ITT WAS 70-80 DEGREES HIGHER THAN 1 OR 2 AND N2 WAS 3% HIGHER. VIBRATION INDICATORS WERE NORMAL. AFTER REDUCING POWER FOR DECENT, CREW NOTICED A BUZZING NOISE, VIBRATION. THE NOISE CHANGED WHILE MOVING #3 POWER LEVER. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, CAS MESSAGE APPEARED INDICATING A VIBRATION LIMIT. AS PER CHECKLIST ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. TEAR DOWN BY STANDARD AREO HOUSTON REVEALED THAT A COMPRESSOR BLADE HAD BROKEN OF THE #2 LP COMPRESSOR WHEEL CAUSING DAMAGE IN THE COMPRESSOR SECTION REULTING IN THE HIGH VIBRATION.