Service difficulty report · Engine · Cndair CL6013A

Difficulty date
September 7, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL6013A
Aircraft time
3,750 hours
Engine
Ge CF343A2
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) AFTER DEPARTURE, THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH, APPROX 20,000- 21,000 FEET, WHEN THE CREW NOTICED THE RT ENGINE, "RED LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT", ON, AS WELL AS THE CORRESPONDING OIL PRESSURE GAGE READING ZERO. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE INDICATING NORMAL. A DECISION WAS MADE TO REDUCE THE POWER TO IDLE ON THE RT ENGINE. AS WE REDUCED THE POWER LEVER, A LOUD NOISE SOUNDED FROM THE RT ENGINE, ALONG WITH A HIGH VIB INDICATION. WE IMMEDIATELY CONFIRMED AND SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE. FOLLOWED IT UP WITH THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST, CALLED ATC, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED, AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. PRIORITY AND RADAR VECTORS WERE GIVEN FOR RUNWAY, WHICH GAVE US ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETE ALL APPROPRIATE CHECK LISTS, PLAN FOR THE LANDING AND BRIEF THE PASSENGERS. AFTER SAFELY LANDING THE ACFT, WE EXITED ON TAXI WAY, FOXTROT. AT THAT POINT, THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHERE, CRASH FIRE AND RESCUE, MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RT ENGINE AND ADVISED THERE WERE NO FLAMES, SMOKE OR ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. THE ACFT WAS THEN REPOSITIONED, WHERE ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW SAFELY DISEMBARKED THE ACFT.