Service difficulty report · Rotor · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
September 14, 2016
Submitted
September 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N702TW
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
28162
Aircraft time
70,211 hours, 19,897 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
64,388 hours, 17,805 cycles
Part
Rotor
Condition
Coked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, X
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE, CREW REPORTED HEARING LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE ROLLBACK AND SHUTDOWN. ACFT DIVERTED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. MAINTENANCE FOUND PMA ROTOR AND STATOR COKED WITH OIL AND SCORED. PMA STATOR, ROTOR, AND CARBON SEAL WERE REPLACED. TREND DATA GOOD.

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