Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
July 16, 2010
Submitted
October 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N701QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
141
Aircraft time
3,181 hours, 1,981 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306A
Part
Turbine Blades
Part number
30B478201
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
3,195 hours, 1,988 cycles
Component
Engine · Pwa
Component part number
31B518002
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, B, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

ABOUT 45 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, CLIMBING THRU FL 360, CREW HEARD A LOUD "BANG", FELT A VIBRATION, ITT BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE CLIMB, FOLLOWED BY THE "FIRE" LIGHT AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN. CREW BROUGHT THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN VIA THE FUEL CUTOFF SWITCH, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS VECTORED BY ATC TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT.