Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 30, 2008
Submitted
February 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145524
Aircraft time
14,746 hours, 11,222 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
9,666 hours, 8,512 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Smoke
Location
Nr 1
Part time
17,548 hours, 15,087 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

JFK TO BUF - AT APPROXIMATELY 500FT AGL, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. OXYGEN MASKS WERE DONNED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARED TO RETURN TO FIELD AT JFK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH ENGINES AND WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE SMOKE WHEN RUNNING ON THE NR 1 ENGINE BLEED. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE NR 1 BLEED SYSTEM AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CMH WHERE THE NR 1 ENGINE WAS REPLACED. AFTER REPLACING ENGINE 1, THERE WERE NO RE-OCCURRENCES OF SMOKE.

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