Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
May 4, 2009
Submitted
May 6, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N259JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145763
Aircraft time
1,451 hours, 12,470 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
17,737 hours, 15,811 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
23054148
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 3066, SDF TO PHL - THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN E1 ITT OF 920 DEGREES FOR 2-3 SECONDS DURING CLIMB AND DURING FLIGHT THE E1 ITT WAS ABOUT 80 DEGREES HIGHER THAN E2 WITH SIMILAR THRUST SETTINGS. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BWI WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DOWNLOADED THE CMC AND THE EXCEEDANCE WAS WITHIN LIMITS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CMH FOR FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. DURING INSPECTION IN CMH A CRACKED INTERNAL BLEED BYPASS DUCT ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS FOUND. THE DUCT WAS REPLACED AND ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE WITHIN LIMITS.

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