Service difficulty report · Blades · Bombdr CL6002D15

Difficulty date
July 26, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bombdr CL6002D15
Engine
Ge CF348C5
Part
Blades
Condition
Broken
Location
Hpt
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB OUT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 30000` A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A YAW AND RT ENGINE INDICATIONS SPOOLED DOWN. ADDITIONALLY, AN AMBER RT ENGINE FLAME OUT MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INITIAL MAINTENANCE INPSECTION REVEALS TURBINE FAILURE. POST ENGINE REMOVAL, THE HPT STG 2 BLADE AIRFOILS APPEAR TO BE MISSING FROM ROUGHLY MID SPAN TO TIP, COMPLETE STAGE, AND SEVERE DOWNSTREAM DAMAGE ON LPT WITH FRACTURED BLADES, ROTOR DOES NOT TURN. AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT, THE ACFT CYCLES WERE: 10689. THE HOURS: 20778:49.