Service difficulty report · Monopole · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
March 7, 2011
Submitted
March 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77SF
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft serial
141
Aircraft time
11,775 hours, 12,183 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73121C
Engine time
11,454 hours, 11,777 cycles
Part
Monopole
Part number
30707223
Part serial
041936037675
Condition
Faulty
Location
Engine Speed
Part time
2,304 hours, 2,413 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM AIRPORT THE RT ENGINE COMPUTER ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING AFM PROCEDURES THE COMPUTER WAS RESET AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. A SHORT TIME LATER THE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND WAS AGAIN RESET. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. IT WAS DECIDED TO DIVERT AIRPORT WHERE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WAS AVAILABLE AND HAVE THE ANNUNCIATION INVESTIGATED. ON THE FLIGHT TO THE AIRPORT THE ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED EXTINGUISHED. AFTER ANALYZING FAULT CODES OF NR 2 DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ENGINE COMPUTER (DEEC), IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS A FAULT IN THE N2 MONOPOLE (SPEED SENSOR). THE N2 MONOPOLE ON THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS REPLACED, AN ENGINE RUN PERFORMED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. DATA FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF THE DEEC SHOWED NO OTHER FAULTS. WHILE THIS FAILURE IS SOMEWHAT RARE, IT IS ALSO NOT UNCOMMON AND USUALLY FAILS ON THE COMPUTER CIRCUIT SIDE OF THE MONOPOLE WHICH ALLOWS FOR PILOT TO HAVE NORMAL INDICATION OF ENGINE SPEED ON THE N2 INDICATOR IN THE COCKPIT WHICH ALLOWS PILOT TO VERIFY PROPER ENGINE FUNCTION. NO INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF THESE FAILURES BUT WOULD SUSPECT FATIGUE FROM VIBRATION AS THIS SENSOR IS MOUNTED ON THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX.