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A hawker horizon flight crew experienced engine vibration climbing out of FL300 and elected to divert. On the ground N1 fan blades were found to be damaged with indications of bird strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 812844 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 30000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Hawker Horizon (Raytheon) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 1770 |
| ASRS Report | 812844 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
XA36 departed ZZZ1. XB00 noticed engine vibration climbing out of FL300. Determined source as the #2 engine. XB02 diverted to ZZZ. XB20 touched down without incident. XB30 inspected engine and found N1 fan blades bent and gouged with blood in the intake and exhaust areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HAWKER HORIZON FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED ENGINE VIBRATION CLIMBING OUT OF FL300 AND ELECTED TO DIVERT. ON THE GROUND N1 FAN BLADES WERE FOUND TO BE DAMAGED WITH INDICATIONS OF BIRD STRIKE.
Narrative: XA36 DEPARTED ZZZ1. XB00 NOTICED ENG VIBRATION CLBING OUT OF FL300. DETERMINED SOURCE AS THE #2 ENG. XB02 DIVERTED TO ZZZ. XB20 TOUCHED DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT. XB30 INSPECTED ENG AND FOUND N1 FAN BLADES BENT AND GOUGED WITH BLOOD IN THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST AREAS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.