Service difficulty report · Blade · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
April 22, 2018
Submitted
July 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N600TD
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
60084
Aircraft time
6,384 hours, 4,739 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Engine time
6,384 hours, 4,739 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Engine
Component
Ibr
Component part number
30B2260
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT OF (HPN) FROM 7000-15000 FT WHEN IN CLIMB AT FULL POWER THE PILOTS REPORTED HEARING TWO BANGS AND GETTING A YAW THEN EVERYTHING NORMALIZED AFTER LEVELING OFF NO INDICATIONS ON ENGINE INSTRUMENTS. THEY SAID IT FELT LIKE A COMPRESSOR STALL. UPON LANDING WHEN THE ENGINES WERE BROUGHT BACK TO IDLE A BAD VIBRATION WAS HEARD AND FELT BY THE CREW AND THE LEFT AMBER ENGINE VIBRATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER A BORE SCOPE INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IBR BLADE HAD BROKEN. PER ENGINE TEAR DOWN REPORT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BROKEN COMPRESSOR BLADE WAS LODGED DOWNSTREAM IN THE COMPRESSOR HOUSING 2ND GUIDE VANE SECTION. THE 300 IBR INSPECTION WAS PREFORMED 155.5 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT REF MM 05-20-00