Service difficulty report · Rotor · Gulstm G159

Difficulty date
August 23, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Gulstm G159
Aircraft time
21,299 hours, 4 cycles
Engine
Rroyce DART5298X
Part
Rotor
Part number
139153
Condition
Cracked
Location
Supercharger
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) ON PREFLIGHT, FIBERGLASS DUCT MATERIAL AND METAL FRAGMENTS WERE DISCOVERED IN ENGINE NACELLE/WHEEL WELL AREA.SUPERCHARGER ROTOR FAILED SENDING METAL FRAGMENTS THROUGH FIBERGLASS INLET DUCT.SUPERCHARGER AND DUCT WERE REPLACED, DEBRIS REMOVED FROM INLET PATH.