SDR 0500616307

Service difficulty report · Blades · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
April 24, 2005
Submitted
April 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N667US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
24222
Aircraft time
64,662 hours, 7,770 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Engine time
57,649 hours, 7,074 cycles
Part
Blades
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Compressor
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
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 CLIMB, THE NR 2 ENGINE INGESTED A BIRD. AFTER THE BIRDSTRIKE, THE ENGINE HAD NOTICEABLE VIBRATION. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO JFK. THE LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED EIGHT PAIRS OF FAN BLADES AND REPAIRED DAMAGE TO THE FAN ACOUSTIC LINER AND A FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE. AN ENGINE RUN WAS THEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS.