Service difficulty report · Sense Line · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
January 28, 2021
Submitted
January 30, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547XJ
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20281
Aircraft time
13,010 hours, 5,625 cycles
Engine
Hnywl AS90711A
Part
Sense Line
Condition
Loose
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P, R
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW NOTED DURING CLIMB OUT THAT THE ENGINES DIDN’T APPEAR TO BE SYNCHRONIZED VERY WELL. ONCE THEY ACHIEVED CRUISE ALTITUDE, SMALL ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO BOTH ENGINE POWER SETTINGS. IT THEN BECAME APPARENT THAT IF THE POWER WAS REDUCED ON THE LEFT ENGINE THAT THEY COULD NOT INCREASE THE POWER TO A HIGHER SETTING, THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. AFTER CONSULTING WITH MX CONTROL, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT AND LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO SLC, WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A LOOSE P3 LINE CONNECTION ON ECU B (LT ENGINE). THE CONNECTION WAS PROPERLY TORQUED, AND GROUND ENGINE RUNS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.