Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 12, 2005
Submitted
July 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N280SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145381
Aircraft time
11,583 hours, 9,269 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
13,645 hours, 10,413 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
AE3007A1P
Part serial
CAE311281
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Nr 1
Part time
13,645 hours, 10,413 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, X
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AFTER STARTING DESCENT OUT OF 16,000 FT, HEAT-TYPE ODOR NOTED SHORTLY AFTER MAKING INITIAL POWER REDUCTION. ODOR SUBSIDED AND ATTRIBUTED TO OCCASIONAL PACK SMELL. SOP UNTIL AFTER PASSING APPROX 400 AGL. A/C CONFIGURED AND SET FOR NORMAL VMC ILS. NR 1 ENGINE ITT SURGED TO 1096 BEFORE LOSING INDICATIONS AND COMPRESSOR-STALL LIKE BANG FELT FOLLOWED BY N1 UNSPOOLING RAPIDLY. QUICK YAW AND SPEED DEGRADING QUICKLY. FLAPS SET TO 22 WITH 10 KNOT BUMP TO VREF. EMERGENCY DECLARED. FLT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. NO FIRE OR SMOKE IN CABIN. NO EVACUATION NEEDED. MX FOUND LARGE CHUNKS OF METAL IN INTAKE. R & R NR 1 ENGINE IAW J/C. OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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