Service difficulty report · Compressor · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
July 22, 2016
Submitted
July 26, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N766ME
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9066
Aircraft time
6,546 hours
Part
Compressor
Part number
SD7H154741
Condition
Seized
Location
A/C Pack
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INGESTION OF AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR BELT AFTER IT CAME APART EITHER DURING FLIGHT OR UPON RTB LANDING. THE COMPRESSOR SEIZED AND BOTH IBF FILTER BYPASS DOORS WERE FOUND OPEN. THE IBF SYS SWITCH IN THE COCKPIT WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED CHUNKS OF AIR CONDITIONING BELT STUCK TO THE NR 1 IBF BYPASS DOOR SCREEN AND ON THE IBF BYPASS DOOR. REMOVED FILTER AND DISCOVERED MORE RUBBER DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE INTAKE. REMOVED NR 1 INTAKE AND DISCOVERED ALL EDGES OF THE COMPRESSOR BLADES ARE ROUGH AND SERRATED, BOTH VISUALLY AND TO THE TOUCH, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. THE SPINNER CONE IS PEPPERED WITH RUBBER. THE BACK SIDES OF ALL BLADES HAVE RUBBER MARKS ON THEM. THE DIFFUSER VANES ALSO HAVE RUBBER MARKS ON THEM AS WELL.