Service difficulty report · Engine · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 11, 2010
Submitted
October 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
356
Aircraft time
33,869 hours, 38,563 cycles
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Right
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

THE APPROACH WAS NOT STABLE AT 500 FEET CAPTAIN INITIALIZED GO-AROUND. CREW APPLIED GO-AROUND POWER AND THAT'S WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED (ENGINE AUTOCOARSENED). CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY PASSENGER WERE BRIEFED OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. FLIGHT CAME AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO POPPING OR BANGING SOUNDS WERE HEARD. THE ENGINE SIMPLY SHUTDOWN. TROUBLESHOOTING SEI-576, 72-00-00, FAULT ISOLATION 003, TROUBLE 4 WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN LCH, THE BOROSCOPE DONE AND NO DAMAGE FOUND.

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