<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1405851, November 2016

Ce-560XLS flight crew reported diverting to a nearby alternate after the left engine failed shortly after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	1405851
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation Excel (C560XL)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

[Shortly after takeoff] we experienced a left engine failure. The left engine failed around gear retraction with a loud bang and grinding noise. Itt redlined at 800 degrees. We continued to climb out to our flap retraction altitude. We leveled off at 2700 and ran the proper emergency checklist. We called ATC and took a vector towards [a nearby alternate]. We finished all checklists and briefed the ILS single engine approach. We landed with no issues and taxied the aircraft on the ramp. Total flight was 12 minutes.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE-560XLS flight crew reported diverting to a nearby alternate after the left engine failed shortly after takeoff.

Narrative: [Shortly after takeoff] we experienced a left engine failure. The left engine failed around gear retraction with a loud bang and grinding noise. ITT redlined at 800 degrees. We continued to climb out to our flap retraction altitude. We leveled off at 2700 and ran the proper emergency checklist. We called ATC and took a vector towards [a nearby alternate]. We finished all checklists and briefed the ILS single engine approach. We landed with no issues and taxied the aircraft on the ramp. Total flight was 12 minutes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.