Service difficulty report · Engine · Cndair CL6002D24

Difficulty date
February 18, 2019
Submitted
August 14, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL6002D24
Aircraft time
42,002 hours
Engine
Ge CF348C5
Part
Engine
Part number
CF348C5
Condition
Damaged
Location
A-Sump Aft Seal
Part time
36,168 hours
Component
Turbine Engine · Ge
Component part number
UNKNOWN
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) EN ROUTE, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN ACRID OIL SMELL ON TAKE OFF AFFECTING THE CABIN AIR QUALITY, NO SMOKE OR HAZE WAS OBSERVED. ALL CREW MEMBERS DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WHERE CREW MEMBERS AND PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION ASSESSED, ONE CREW MEMBER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING. TROUBLESHOOTING CONCLUDED THE AIR CONTAMINATION WAS FROM THE LEFT ENGINE, BORESCOPE INSPECTIONS REVEALED TRACE OF OIL FROM THE FIRST STAGE OF VARIABLE GUIDE VANES. OIL IS SUSPECTED TO BE ORIGINATING FROM THE A-SUMP AFT SEAL. AIRCRAFT LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACK WAS DEFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MEL 21-51-01-4 AND THE AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO A COMPANY MAINTENANCE BASE PER BOMBARDIER CONCESSION SERVICE LETTER (CSL) 1530 INSTRUCTIONS. THE ENGINE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED. BECAUSE OF THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING, THE DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (DFDR) WAS DOWNLOADED AND DATA ANALYZED, DETERMINATION WAS MADE THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUFFER A HIGH LOAD LANDING EVENT. NOTE THAT AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) WAS UNDER MEL AS IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. AIRCRAFT TIMES: 42373:53 FLIGHT HOURS AND 21607 CYCLES.