Service difficulty report · Engine · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
September 21, 2013
Submitted
October 25, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N41NM
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11114
Engine
Pwc PW206C
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
4,281 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 1 ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HEARD STRANGE NOISE. BROUGHT NR 1 ENGINE TO IDLE. AS NOISE INCREASED, SHUT ENGINE OFF. MADE UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. MX FOUND THAT NR 1 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS BUTTON HAD POPPED. CHIP DETECTOR WAS COVERED WITH METAL PARTICLES, AND THE POWER TURBINE DISK HAD MADE CONTACT WITH SHROUD AND ONE PT BLADE WAS MISSING. THE EXHAUST CASE STRUTS WERE CRACKED AND COVER WAS ALSO MISSING.

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