Investigation number
199804030
Occurrence date
State
Western Australia
Report release date
Report status
Final
Investigation type
Occurrence Investigation
Investigation status
Completed
Occurrence category
Incident

While climbing through FL 210 on route from Broom to Perth, the aircraft's No 1 engine experienced a sudden failure. The crew shut the engine down and diverted the aircraft to Newman where it landed safely. The engine examination revealed extensive secondary damage to the High Pressure Turbine (HPT) section caused by failure in the HPT Stage 2 area. All Stage 2 blades had failed. The blade fracture surfaces contained small area of fatigue at the trailing edges. The fatigue area was not large enough the cause failure of the blades. It is suspected that the Stage 2 nozzle honeycomb abraidable material partially separated from the nozzle, initiating a one per revolution vibration that resulted in fatigue propagating through majority of the Stage 2 blades. The engine failure was probably caused by a section of the honeycomb separating and causing blades failure.

Aircraft Details
Manufacturer
British Aerospace PLC
Model
BAe 146-200-11
Registration
VH-JJS
Sector
Jet
Departure point
Broome WA
Destination
Perth WA
Damage
Nil