Service difficulty report · Engine · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
January 4, 2014
Submitted
January 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N55ME
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
325
Aircraft time
15,926 hours, 8,984 cycles
Engine
Rroyce SPEY5118
Engine time
15,434 hours, 8,761 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
SPEY5118
Part serial
11061
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Left
Part time
15,434 hours, 8,761 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENGINE START & TAXI CHECKS WERE NORMAL. A ROLLING TAKEOFF WAS PERFORMED TO COMPUTED EPR'S. ALL ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL DURING TAKEOFF ACCELERATION UNTIL A DROP IN THE LT ENG EPR TO APPROXIMATELY 1.9. THE LT ENG THRUST LEVER DID NOT RESPOND TO AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE POWER & I THINK LP, HP LT ENG TAPES WENT OVER RANGE. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED, FLAPS SET TO 10 DEGREES. I HEARD ENG DECELERATE DURING LEFT TURN OF THE DEPARTURE PROCEDURE AT APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 1000 FEET. A CLIMB TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE & A RETURN TO LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE LT ENG UNSECURED AS I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER USING THE ENG INDICATIONS & THE SHORT TIME BETWEEN TAKEOFF & LANDING. AT NO TIME WAS THERE A FIRE WARNING OR ANY INDICATIONS OF FIRE. THE LT ENG START LEVER WAS SECURED DURING TAXI IN.