Service difficulty report · Compressor Wheel · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
January 13, 2004
Submitted
March 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Compressor Wheel
Condition
Fractured
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND ROLL-OUT, CREW NOTED VIBRATION AND RISING ITT. ENGINE WAS SECURED. POST FLIGHT EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT ROTOR 1 OF THE HPC HAD .3333 OF ONE AIRFOIL MISSING.