Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Amd FALCOND

Difficulty date
January 20, 2013
Submitted
January 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N811AA
Make and model
Amd FALCOND
Aircraft serial
187
Aircraft time
21,510 hours, 17,112 cycles
Engine
Ge CF7002D
Engine time
10,145 hours, 8,114 cycles
Part
Turbine Blades
Condition
Fod
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED ENGINE FLAMEOUT AT FL346 AND REQUESTED DESCENT TO FL290. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WERE VECTORED. CREW RAN ENGINE FAILURE AND RELIGHT CHECKLIST. ENGINE RELIGHT WAS SUCCESSFUL AT FL280. ACFT CONTINUED AND USING NORMAL PROCEDURES, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX WAS SENT TO INSPECT THE NR 1 ENGINE. PERFORMED INSPECTION FOR FLAMEOUT AS OUTLINED BY MM 72-00. PERFORMED NR 1 ENGINE OVERSPEED GOVERNOR CHECK IAW GE SEI-187. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT AND PERFORMANCE OF MAX ALTITUDE ACCELERATION TEST. ON SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHT THE ENGINE FLAMEOUT OCCURRED AT FL310 WHILE SETTING UP THE MAX ALTITUDE ACCELERATION TEST. TEST FLIGHT CONDUCTED WHILE ENROUTE AND ENGINE WAS RELIT AT FL280. ACFT CONTINUED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF ENGINE USING A BORESCOPE, DETERMINED NUMEROUS (20+) FIRST STAGE TURBINE BLADES HAD FD. ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED AND SENT FOR SHOP VISIT.