Service difficulty report · Monitor · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 1, 2010
Submitted
August 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500296
Aircraft time
1,194 hours, 742 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007C
Part
Monitor
Part number
2787
Part serial
120759
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Eng Vibration
Part time
1,194 hours, 742 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, 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

DURING OUR DESCENT, AT ABOUT FL 330, RECEIVED AN AMBER CAS "LT ENGINE VIBRATION" MESSAGE. FOLLOWED CHECK LIST. AFTER A MIN THE CASE MESSAGE WENT OUT AND CAME BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES AND RECEIVED THE RED MASTER WARNING LIGHT "LT ENGINE VIBRATION". AGAIN, FOLLOWED THE CHECK LIST. AS A PRECAUTION SHUT THE LT ENGINE DOWN. BORESCOPED LT ENGINE, NO DEFECTS NOTED. TOOK FUEL SOAP SAMPLE AS WELL IAW MFG REP. REPLACED ENGINE VIBE MONITORING UNIT IAW MM 77-41-10 AND ENG ACCELEROMETER IAW 77-30-00, OPS CHECK GOOD.

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