Service difficulty report · Compressor · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
September 23, 2024
Submitted
September 23, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N260AM
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
0260
Aircraft time
4,990 hours, 4,787 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ441A
Engine time
4,974 hours, 4,683 cycles
Part
Compressor
Part number
66032
Part serial
HW12715
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
3,488 hours, 3,138 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

ENGINE WAS RETURNED TO OUR REPAIR STATION FOR UNSCHEDULED REPAIR. A SERVICE CENTER LOCATED IN GERMANY RELAYED A COMPLAINT FROM THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR TO THE ENGINE OEM PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUP REGARDING A VIBRATION ISSUE ON THE AIRCRAFT’S LEFT-HAND ENGINE. THE SERVICE CENTER PREEMPTIVELY PERFORMED BORESCOPE INSPECTIONS OF THE ENGINE AND THEN FORWARDED THOSE PHOTOS TO THE ENGINE OEM FOR DISPOSITION. THE PHOTOS EXHIBITED DAMAGE TO THE COMPRESSOR SECTION OF THE ENGINE, INCLUDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PAIR OF LIBERATED INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE COMPRESSOR (IPC) ROTOR BLADES. THE ENGINE OEM THEN DIRECTED REMOVAL OF ESN 1529 FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURN TO OUR REPAIR STATION FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. DISASSEMBLY OF ESN 1529 CONFIRMED TWO MISSING IPC ROTOR BLADES, ACCOMPANIED BY SECONDARY DAMAGE TO FAN STATOR VANE TRAILING EDGES AND THE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR.

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