Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Aerosp ATR42500

Difficulty date
May 13, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42500
Engine
Pwa PW127
Part
Turbine Blades
Condition
Fractured
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENGINE SURGING IFSD AFTER T/O, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD ACCOMPANIED BY FIRE WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE POINT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND FRACTURED POWER TURBINE BLADES.

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