Service difficulty report · Compressor · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
January 21, 2025
Submitted
January 21, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N651CJ
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
0365
Aircraft time
4,109 hours, 3,768 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ441A
Engine time
4,109 hours, 3,768 cycles
Part
Compressor
Part number
66032
Part serial
HW13820
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
3,625 hours, 3,424 cycles
Component
Engine · Wilint · FJ441A
Component part number
45700104
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL ENGINE MODEL FJ44-1A, SERIAL NUMBER 1738, FROM AIRCRAFT 525-0365 (N651CJ), WAS RETURNED TO OUR REPAIR STATION FOR UNSCHEDULED REPAIR. AIRCRAFT OPERATOR REPORTED A “RUMBLE” NOISE ANOMALY, WITHOUT VIBRATION, WHICH HAD BEEN ISOLATED TO THE NO. 2 (RIGHT-HAND) ENGINE. ENGINE OEM DIRECTED A FOREIGN-OBJECT INGESTION INSPECTION I/A/W THE RESPECTIVE ENGINE MANUAL. INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE COMPRESSOR SECTION OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE OEM THEN DIRECTED THE SERVICE CENTER TECHNICIAN TO REMOVE THE ENGINE AND RETURN IT TO OUR REPAIR STATION FOR REPAIR. AFTER INDUCTION INTO OUR REPAIR STATION, SUBSEQUENT DISASSEMBLY REVEALED TWO MISSING INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE COMPRESSOR (IPC) ROTOR BLADES. INSPECTION OF THE IPC STATOR VANES AND HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR ROTOR REVEALED SECONDARY DAMAGE, INDICATING SOME PORTION OF A LIBERATED IPC ROTOR BLADE(S) ENTERED THE ENGINE CORE.

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