What was found
AIR INTERRUPT, RETURNED & EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING CLIMBING THRU 25000 HEARD A VIOLENT BANG & ACFT SHOOK, NR 1 ENGINE FAILED. DURING INSPECTION ENGINE WAS FOUND TO HAVE TURBINE BLADE DISTRESS. R & R NR 1 ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- December 7, 2014
- Submitted
- January 8, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N559AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 53089
- Aircraft time
- 67,138 hours, 34,791 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D217C
- Engine time
- 73,127 hours, 38,109 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nr 1
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- X, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.