Service difficulty report · Clamp · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
November 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N269AE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B269
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Clamp
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Engine Bleed
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL RT ENG LOST PWR, PWR FLUCTATED BRIEFLY BETWEEN 40 TO 90 PERCENT TORQUE. AT 2500 FT ON RETURN TO FIELD WITH PWR REDUCED TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT THE TORQUE FLUCTATED BETWEEN 0 TO 10 PERCENT. THE ENGINE WAS THEN SHUT DOWN. FOUND HP BLEED LINE HAD CLAMP FAILURE AND HAD SEPARATED. BORESCOPED ENG AND PERFORMED RUNS, ALL CHECKED OK.

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