SDR 97ZZZX2094

Service difficulty report · Engine · Fokker F27MK500

Difficulty date
February 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N721FE
Make and model
Fokker F27MK500
Aircraft serial
10460
Engine
Rroyce DART5327R
Part
Engine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Eng Turb
Part time
18,430 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

EWR/YMX - EN ROUTE, THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO AUTOFEATHER. THE LEFT ENGINE TEMP STARTED TO RISE, THE FLIGHT CREW THEN MANUALLY FEATHERED THE PROP. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND IN ALB. THE PILOT TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. A MAINTENANCE CREW WAS DISPATCHED TO ALB FOR THE ENGINE CHANGE.

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