Service difficulty report · Engine · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
January 16, 2008
Submitted
January 18, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8747B
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7747
Aircraft time
11,737 hours, 10,090 cycles
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Engine time
11,737 hours, 10,090 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Leaking
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB-OUT OF SGF,ON 01/15/08, THE CREW WAS ALERTED BY THE "SMOKE TOILET" WARNING. QRH PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED, AN EMERGENCY DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SGF WHERE AN OTHERWISE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WERE MADE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT BLEED AIR SYSTEM, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TESTS, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SGF AND ON CLIMB-OUT AGAIN THE "SMOKE TOILET" WARNING ILLUMINATED. THIS TIME THERE WAS VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE CREW PERFORMED THE QRH PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO SGF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE, INSPECTED AND FERRIED TO THE TYS MAINTENANCE BASE. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE LT ENGINE TO HAVE OIL LEAKING BEHIND THE THERMAL BLANKET. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, GROUND RUNS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.