What was found
TURBINE GUIDE VANE FOUND RUBBING ON TURBINE WHEEL. ALSO TURBINE GUIDE VANE FOUND SHIFTED. UNIT DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND AIR PLENUM CRACKED, COMBUSTION LINER CRACKED AND MISSING SECTIONS OF METAL.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2011
- Submitted
- September 9, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC5A
- Aircraft time
- 16,207 hours
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Guide Vane
- Part number
- 118012100
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu Engine
- Part time
- 659 hours
- 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.