Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
November 27, 2006
Submitted
February 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314CE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
335
Aircraft time
27,589 hours, 34,498 cycles
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32248122
Part serial
GRTB3634
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF RT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLS WITH LOSS OF POWER. SEEMED LIKE ENGINE WAS AUTOCOARSENING (LOSS OF PROP OIL PRESS) WITH YAW. YAW INCREASE WHEN POWER INCREASED AFTER PROP OIL PRESS STABILIZED. TQ JUMPED FROM 15 TO 60 WITH TRIED POWER INCREASE. RIGHT ENGINE HAD COMPRESSOR STALL AFTER TAKEOFF, STARTED MEMORY ITEMS, ENGINE HAD AUTO COARSEN EVENT AND APPEARED TO RECOVER AFTER ADDING POWER THE AC SEEMED ONLY TO YAW. INTO THE RIGHT ENGINE HARDER. THEN REDUCED POWER AND AUTOCOARSEN AGAIN, TORQ WAS FLUCTUATING, CTOT WAS OFF, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. PERFORMING GE CT 7-9B FAULT ISOLATION FOR COMP STALLS 72-00-00 FAULT NR 003 STEPS 1, 2, 3 AND 4. FOUND AIBSV STICKING AND BINDING. REMOVED AND REPLACE

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