Service difficulty report · Turbine · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
December 19, 2000
Submitted
February 1, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Aircraft time
41,525 hours, 39,549 cycles
Engine
Rroyce SPEY55515
Part
Turbine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) FLT 8613IN CRUISE AAT 28,000 FEET FROM MONCTON (YQM) TO TORONTO (YYZ), CAREW EXPERIENCED SUDDEN SHORT VIBRATIONS. ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL, HOWEVER, VIBRATIONS BECAME WORSE, ACCOMPANIED BY 2 BIG BANGS. CREW THEN NOTED NR 2 ENGINE TGT HAD EXC EEDED 540C,& NOW PEGGED AT 640C. SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE DRILL CARRIED OUT,&EMERG DECLARED. A/C INITI ATED DESCENT FROM 28,000 FEET, & LANDED IN YYZ ON ONE ENGINE, WITH NO FURTHER EVENTS. A/C CAME TO STOP ON THE TAXI-WAY,&AFTER INSP & CLEARANCE BY FIRE RESCUE, TAXIED TO GATE FOR DEPLANING OF PASSENGERS.MAINT INVEST. REVEALED MAJOR DAMAGE TO NR 2 ENGINE VISIBLE LP1 & LP2 TURBINE BLADES & STATORS, AS WELL AS TO EXHAUST CASE & STRUT. CONTAINMENT NOTED.

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