Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Cndair CL600*

Difficulty date
September 11, 2002
Submitted
October 28, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL600*
Engine
Lyc ALF502L
Part
Nozzle
Condition
Departed
Location
Exhaust
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
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) WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FT, CREW REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE. AUTOPILOT IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED AND BOTH ENGINES THROTTLED BACK. WITH THE ENGINES STILL INDICATING ROTATION AND NORMAL OF PRESSURE, POWER WAS INCREASED AT WHICH TIME THE RT ENGINE SPEED BEGAN TO DECAY. THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE AND RETURNED TO THEIR POINT OF DEPARTURE PERFORMING AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST NOZZLE HAD DEPARTED IN-FLIGHT AND THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FOURTH STAGE TURBINE. THE EXHAUST NOZZLE WAS LATER RECOVERED ABOUT FIVE MILES FROMTHE AIRFIELD AND RETURNED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE RETURNE D TO HONEYWELL FOR REPAIR AND