SDR 0203496739

Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 747251F

Difficulty date
October 21, 2002
Submitted
October 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N639US
Make and model
Boeing 747251F
Aircraft serial
23887
Aircraft time
59,048 hours, 13,085 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4G2
Engine time
68,729 hours, 12,836 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
E, J, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT 120 KTS, THE NR 2 ENGINE SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE AND THEN COMPRESSOR STALLED. THE TAKEOFF WAS NOT ABORTED. THE CREW REPORTED THE ENGINE STILL PROVIDED THRUST BUT HAD RISING EGT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SFO. THE LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE INCLUDING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AN ENGINE RUN TO HIGH POWER WAS ALSO PERFORMED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS.