Service difficulty report · Liner · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
December 17, 1999
Submitted
May 12, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14074
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46911
Aircraft time
91,097 hours, 16,328 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650C2
Part
Liner
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, J, A

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

What was found

THE NR 2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMBOUT. THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY EGT GOING FULL SCALE. THE ENGINE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED AND THE FIRE LIGHT WENT OUT. AN ATTEMPT TO THROTTLE UP WAS MADE, BUT N1 WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL IN THE NR 2 ENGINE TAILPIPE. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. *S/D* INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE TMF LINER HAD FAILED ALLOWING HOT GAS TO REACH THE HPT STAGE 2 BLADE RETAINER WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES, ONE OF WHICH PUNCTURED THE TMF.

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