Service difficulty report · Engine · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
August 25, 2025
Submitted
August 28, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N188FJ
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
188
Aircraft time
7,626 hours, 5,383 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313
Engine time
7,606 hours, 5,372 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
TFE7313
Part serial
P76652
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 400
Part time
7,606 hours, 5,372 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT FL 250 FROM KBFI TO KEUG. THE THROTTLES RETARDED FOR DESCENT & SMOKE BEGAN EMANATING FROM COCKPIT WEMACS. SMOKE LIGHT & BECAME THICKER, DID NOT OBSCURE VISION. AN OIL ODORL OBSERVED. SEVERAL SECS LATER OIL 2 LIGHT ILLUMINATED, PIC OBSERVED ENG 2 OIL PRESSURE ABOUT 17PSI. ENG 2 WAS BROUGHT TO FLT IDLE & CHKLIST CONSULTED. SIC OBSERVED OIL PRESSURE TO READ UNDER 5PSI. PIC OBSERVED THE OIL 2 LIGHT EXTINGUISH VERY BRIEFLY THEN ILLUMINATE STEADILY. 30-90 SECS AFTER OIL 2 LIGHT ILLUM, ENG 2 WAS SHUTDOWN. NO VIBRATIONS OR OTHER ANOMALIES OBSERVED. SMOKE DISSIPATED. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT KUEG, PILOTS OBSERVED OIL TANK SIGHT GLASS EMPTY, & A NORMAL TO MORE THAN NORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE COWLING AREA. A SOAP WAS TAKEN, CHIP DETECTOR FOUND CLEAN, & A VISUAL INSPECT OF ENGINE & OIL FILTER SHOWED NO ANOMALIES. OIL TANK LEVEL CONFIRMED TO BE JUST BELOW THE SIGHT GLASS, 3 QUARTS ADDED TO BRING LEVEL TO NORMAL. AN ENG START ATTEMPTED & OBSERVED N1 WOULD NOT SPOOL ABOVE ABOUT 2% & LIGHT VIBRATION OBSERVED. SEVERAL SMALL METALLIC PIECES OBSERVED IN TAILPIPE & REMOVED AND RETAINED.