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Aviation incident ENG19IA034

NONE · AIRBUS A220 · 2019-09-16 · Côte-d'Or Region, OF, FR

Event

NTSB number
ENG19IA034
Event ID
20190917X92718
Type
Incident
Date
2019-09-16
Location
Côte-d'Or Region, OF, FR
Coordinates
47.978089, 5.018213

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
77
Total aboard
77

Aircraft

Make
AIRBUS
Model
A220
Registration
HB-JCA
FAR Part
NUSC
Engines
2
Damage

Conditions

Light
NITE
Weather
Unk

Probable cause

A No. 1 (left) engine low pressure compressor (LPC) stage 1 integrally bladed rotor (IBR) separation due to a high cycle fatigue crack (HCF) that originated at the runout of an airfoil leading edge root radius. The HCF crack developed because of a mechanically coupled LPC stage 3 and stage 1 IBR mode excitation and blade flutter response. The excitation was driven by an acoustic tone generated by turbulent airflow passing over the 2.5 bleed valve duct cavity while the engine was operating at high speeds in specific flight conditions. A primary contributor to the failure mode was an electronic engine control (EEC) software update that changed the LPC vane schedule and increased the likelihood of LPC stage 1 IBR blade flutter onset within the engine operating range.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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