Service difficulty report · Engine · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
November 12, 2025
Submitted
November 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163JW
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1071
Aircraft time
14,927 hours, 11,216 cycles
Engine
Rroyce TAY6118
Engine time
14,460 hours, 10,640 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Overtemp
Location
Left
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AT FL380, DESCENDED TO FL240. DISCONNECTED THE AUTOTHROTTLES & PULLED THE ENGS TO IDLE. ACFT STARTED TO SHAKE WITH A LOW FREQUENCY. IMMEDIATELY CHECKED IF SPOILERS DEPLOYED AS IT FELT LIKE AN INTENSIFIED SPOILER DEPLOYMENT. THERE WAS NO SPOILER DEPLOYMENT. GOT A RED LT ENGINE TGT ICAS MESSAGE & SAW NEEDLE IN RED ARC WHILE BOTH ENGS AT IDLE. PERFORMED APPLICABLE CHKLIST & PERFORMED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN OF LT ENG. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC. ONCE ENG SHUTDOWN & SECURED, AIRCRAFT FLEW NORMAL FOR SINGLE ENG OPS. NO VIBRATION. CONTINUED TO KVNY AS WE HAD ALREADY PASSED KLAS AND I WOULD HAVE DONE A SLOW AND STABLE DESCENT INTO VAN NUYS. ONCE LANDED, FIRE TRUCKS WERE WAITING. TAXI’D INTO FBO WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER PAX DISEMBARKED, CHECKED THE EXCEEDANCES PAGE & NONE LISTED. LOOKED AT HP FAN BLADES & SEEMED OK. THERE WAS NO OIL THAT WAS ABNORMAL UNDERNEATH ENG OR ANY FUEL LEAKS.