# SDR WI5R2018043000001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 30, 2018
- Submitted: April 30, 2018
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Cessna 525
- Registry model: [Cessna 525](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0103
- Engine: Wilint FJ441A
- Engine time: 5,146 hours, 5,523 cycles
- System (JASC): [7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7230)
- Part: Rotor
- Part number: 60440
- Part serial: LC276
- Condition: Fractured
- Location: Compressor
- Part time: 4,620 hours, 4,797 cycles
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/WI5R2018043000001

## Discrepancy

THE ENGINE WAS RETURNED TO THE REPAIR STATION FOR DAMAGE NOTED ON THE HPC ROTOR BLADES.  THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING A POST FLIGHT BORESCOPE INSPECTION FOR VIBRATION. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED HPC ROTOR  LIBERATED THE OUTER LE OF ONE CORNER OF ONE MAIN BLADE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A THUMB NAIL.

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