Service difficulty report · Compressor · Bombdr CL6002D15

Difficulty date
June 25, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr CL6002D15
Engine
Ge CF348C5
Part
Compressor
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
17,718 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) THE CLIMB THE NR 1 ENGINE LET OUT A SHUDDER AND THE ITT ROSE TO 950 DEGREE C FROM APPROXIMATELY 840 DEGREES C. THE CREW LEVELED OFF AND ALL APPEARED NORMAL OTHER THAN THE ITT WAS ABOUT 100 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE NR 2 AT CRUISE POWER. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO SET CLIMB POWER AGAIN AND THE ITT ROSE QUICKLY INTO THE RED AND GOT A LT ITT EXCEED B STATUS MESSAGE WHICH REQUIRES AN AUTOMATIC BOROSCOPE INSPECTION. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. AS VIEWED THROUGH COMPRESSOR INSPECTION. PORT S8, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NR 4 IGV STATOR INNER SHROUD SEGMENT, REF IPC 72-32-00, FIG 1, ITEM 15 HAS FAILED AND SHIFTED. THIS ALLOWED THE SHROUD AND IGVS TO CONTACT THE NR 4 AND NR 5 COMPRESSOR ROTORS, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL DAMAGE FROM STAGE NR 4 THROUGH STAGE NR 10 OF THE COMPRESSOR. ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS REQUIRED.