Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 8, 2000
Submitted
November 21, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N795UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26927
Aircraft time
12,299 hours, 1,975 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
14,063 hours, 2,323 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
53L301
Part serial
CKLBC22600
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
14,063 hours, 2,323 cycles
Component
Engine · Pwa · PW4090
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE NRT-BKK, FLIGHT REPORTED NR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL WITH MAXIMUM EGT OF 714. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPE. *S/D* HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE FIRST STAGE BLADE FRACTURED IN THE AIRFOIL JUST ABOVE THE PLATFORM. FRACTURE WAS CAUSED BY STRESS CORROSION CRACKING ORIGINATING BELOW THE PLATFORM WHICH PROGRESSED INTO THE AIRFOIL. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED.