Service difficulty report · Pin · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
November 19, 2019
Submitted
November 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N623QX
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
00652
Aircraft time
7,397 hours, 4,352 cycles
Engine
Ge CF348E5
Part
Pin
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Eng Blades
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

#1 ENGINE ABNORMAL VIBRATION ON LP FAN. 4.0 IN YELLOW. RAN CHECKLIST. REDUCTION IN POWER BROUGHT VIBRATION INTO NORMAL, INCREASE IN POWER AND LP TURNED YELLOW & 4.0. MAINTAINED LOWER ALTITUDE FL260 AND 290 KTS AND ABLE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL SPEC. NEGATIVE ICE ON CLIMB OUT. AFTER LANDING AND SITTING ON GROUND FELT NOTABLE HUM & VIBRATION BUT NO ADVERSE ENGINE INDICATION. DIVERTED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. UPON INITIAL EVAL, NO AURAL INDICATION OF LOOSE BUMPER. SHAKE OF EACH BLADE DID NOT SHOW STUCK BLADES. REMOVED SPINNER AND CHECKED EACH PIN TORQUE AND LIMITER GAP, ALL SATISFACTORY. REMOVED BLADE #1 AND VERIFIED ALL BLADE POSITIONS BY S/N IN TRAX & PROPERLY INSTALLED BUMPERS. REINSTALLED BLADE #1 AND BUMPER. BLADES 12 & 21 REMAINED P02 BUMPERS, ALL OTHERS P01. R+R #1 ENG FAN BLADE RETAINING PINS IAW W/O 273065 TC E175-72-00-00-QE02. TROUBLESHOOTING PERFORMED PER E175/GE LMM 72-21-00-800-806. ENGINE VIB RUN MAX 0.6 AU IN TRANSIT AND 1.4 AU MAX RETURNING TO IDLE, UNDER 2.3 MTX LIMIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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