Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
March 23, 2008
Submitted
March 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N333EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
221
Aircraft time
34,244 hours, 39,035 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Engine time
19,526 hours, 28,702 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW123
Part serial
123246
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 1
Part time
19,526 hours, 28,702 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE FAILED INFLIGHT. CREW WAS FLYING ALONG AT 9000 FT ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CLT WHEN NR 1 ENGINE SHUT ITSELF DOWN. THE CREW FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PULLED THE FDR AND WILL SHIP TO ROA. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE, PULLED THE STARTER AND SPUN THE ENGINE BY HAND AND THE ENGINE WAS MAKING NOISE. MAINTENANCE THEN PULLED NL PROBE AND FOUND THE NL PROBE PACKED WITH METAL. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.