Service difficulty report · Blade · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
December 1, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft time
10,271 hours
Engine
Ge CF3410E5A1
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE INFLIGHT, AT APPROXIMATELY FL320, THE CREW REPORTED HIGH ENGINE VIBRATIONS ON THE NR 2 ENGINE. THEY REDUCED POWER ON THE ENGINE TO IDLE TO REDUCE/STOP THE ENGINE VIBRATIONS. THEY DECLARED A PAN PAN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO WHERE THEY LANDED OVERWEIGHT BY APPROX 3000-4000K. ALSO, DURING THE RETURN, THE CREW DISCOVERED THEY WERE UNABLE TO CROSSFEED THE FUEL AND THEY LANDED WITH A FUEL IMBALANCE THAT WAS CLOSE TO BUT NOT EXCEEDING FUEL IMBALANCE LIMITS. AFTER LANDING THE CREW INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BLADES AND THE ENGINE CONE MISSING WITH APPARENT DAMAGE, FURTHER INTO THE ENGINE.

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