Service difficulty report · Turbine · Raythn 390

Difficulty date
September 9, 2020
Submitted
September 11, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Raythn 390
Aircraft serial
0228
Aircraft time
2,401 hours, 2,005 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ442A
Engine time
2,401 hours, 2,005 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part number
67093
Part serial
HW25490
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
2,401 hours, 2,005 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT AGL, LT ENGINE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN INDICATED INTER-TURBINE TEMPERATURE (ITT) AND FOLLOWED BY UNCOMMANDED IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER (ESN) 105367 REVEALED OIL ON THE COWLING AND THE FAN ROTOR WAS DIFFICULT TO ROTATE BY HAND. ESN 105367 WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND SHIPPED TO THE REPAIR STATION FOR DISASSEMBLY AND EVALUATION. DISASSEMBLY OF ESN 105367 REVEALED PARTIAL LIBERATION OF ONE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE (HPT) DISK POST AND THE ASSOCIATED HPT BLADE. ADJACENT AND DOWN-STREAM ENGINE COMPONENTS EXHIBITED SECONDARY DAMAGE FROM THE HPT DISK ANOMALY.