Service difficulty report · Blade · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 17, 2015
Submitted
February 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N598AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53288
Aircraft time
70,589 hours, 30,793 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
66,071 hours, 34,768 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RT ENG EGT HIGH TEMP INDICATION ACCOMPANIED BY RAPID YAW TO THE RT. RT ENG SHUTDOWN. RETURNED & EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. REPLACED THE RT ENGINE. FOUND HPC DAMAGE, C7 BLADE FRACTURED AT APPROX 2/3 SPAN, DETERMINED TO BE ROOT CAUSE OF FAILURE.

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