Service difficulty report · Engine · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
January 9, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N283AE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B283
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Rt Eng
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J, R
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

FLIGHT 7752 - MAF-DFW - PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB AT APPROX 400 FEET, A SERIES OF LOUD BANGS WERE HEARD INDICATIVE OF A COMPRESSOR STALL ON THE RT ENG. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A MASTER WARNING, TRIPLE CHIME AND THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATING AS WELL AS THE RT ENGINE GOING INTO AUTOCOARSEN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MAF W/O INCIDENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT HAD LEFT THE CTOT TURNED ON. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED A BORESCOPE CHECK AND ENGINE RUNS AND WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED WITH ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS SATISFACTORY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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