- Date
- September 18, 2013
- Place
- Warsaw, Poland
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- SP-LRBBoeing 787 - 8QQ
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Miscellaneous/other
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Boeing, Rolls-Royce
- Case key
- 88120
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 18, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRB, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 100-67B turbofan engines experienced a maintenance status message “ENG FUEL FULTER R” during cruise from Beijing Capital International Airport (ZBAA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (EPWA). After arrival, maintenance found that the engine fuel filter in the No. 2 engine (right) had not been installed. Examination of the left engine for that same airplane also revealed that there was no fuel filter installed. On September 19, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRC was also inspected and no fuel filters were installed. The Polish State Commission of the Aircraft Accident Investigation is investigating these maintenance errors and has delegated part of the investigation to the NTSB as the United States is the State of Manufacture for the airplane and country of occurrence for the last engine maintenance facility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- SP-LRB
- Reported as
- Boeing 787 - 8QQ (8QQ)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 37894
- Built
- 2012
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-67, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ZBAA · Beijing
- Destination
- EPWA · Warsaw
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EPWA · Warsaw