Service difficulty report · Turbine Blade · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
March 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11230
Engine
Rroyce SPEY55515P
Part
Turbine Blade
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Component
Rolls Royce · RB18355515P
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
B, E

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

What was found

MWH - A/C EN ROUTE FROM SEA TO BIL, WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 26,000 FT HEARD A BANG AND RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, TGT ON RISE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND DIVERTED TO MWH. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ENGINE. A TURBIN BLADE ON THE NR 2 DISK OF THE LP HAD EXITED THE ENGINE. THE RESULT OF THAT TEARDOWN WAS THE ENGINE HAD FAILED DUE TO A BLADE IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE LPT BREAKING OFF JUST ABOVE THE FIR TREE AREA OF THE BLADE. ROLLS-ROYCE HAD AN ENGINEERING PERSON ON SIGHT TO CONDUCT THE DISASSEMBLY.

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