What was found
1ST STAGE HPC BLADE FOR NR 2 ENGINE FRACTURED DURING OPERATION, RESULTING IN UNCOMMANDED IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN. ONCE ENGINE DISASSEMBLED, BLADE REMNANT RETURNED TO ROLLS-ROYCE FOR ANALYSIS.
- Difficulty date
- December 1, 2004
- Submitted
- December 1, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N10575
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145
- Aircraft serial
- 145640
- Aircraft time
- 4,514 hours, 3,561 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn AE3007A
- Engine time
- 12,382 hours, 9,880 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 23073717
- Condition
- Fractured
- Location
- Stage 1 Hpc
- Part time
- 1,869 hours, 1,449 cycles
- Component
- Compressor · Rroyce
- Component part number
- 23073388
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- Y, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.