Service difficulty report · Engine · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
January 15, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Engine
Pwc PW127F
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, WHILE GEARS WERE BEING RETRACTED, NR 2 ENGINE TORQUE WENT FROM 90 TO 70 PERCENT. APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS LATER, THE TORQUE DROPPED TO 40 PERCENT, THEN TO ZERO. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND SAFELY LANDED BACK AIRPORT OF ORIGIN. THE PRELIMINARY INSPECTIONS REVEALED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE NR 2 ENGINE POWER TURBINE. SOME ENGINE DEBRIS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE RUNWAY. PUNCTURES AND DENT HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON JET AND EXHAUST PIPES SKINS. THE RGB FILTER INDICATOR FOUND POPPED-OUT. THE ENGINE IS BEING INSPECTED AND POWER TURBINE DAMAGE WAS CONFIRMED AND METALLIC DEBRIS FOUND IN EXHAUST DUCT.

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