Service difficulty report · Engine · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
August 7, 2009
Submitted
August 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27185
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7185
Aircraft time
29,672 hours, 24,310 cycles
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Engine time
22,425 hours, 18,994 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ASH FLT 7256 SPI-ORD. ENGINE VIBRATION AND POPPING ON APPROACH. ON APPROACH CREW REPORTED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION AS THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED FROM THE DESCENT REDUCTION. CREW REDUCED THROTTLES AND ADVANCED THEM BACK SLOWLY AND GOT A SERIES OF POPPING SOUNDS SIMILAR TO A CAR BACKFIRING. CREW REDUCED THE THROTTLES AGAIN AND THE ENGINES RAN NORMALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY. CREW REPORTED THERE WAS A 20KT CROSS WIND BUT NOT AN ABNORMAL CONDITION. AT THE GATE THE CREW THEN NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL INSIDE THE CABIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED. CONTRACT MX INSPECTED THE ENGINES WITH NO DAMAGE OR FAULTS NOTED. MX AND CREW PERFORMED THE COMPRESSOR STALL RETURN TO SERVICE RUNS WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.