Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 14, 2001
Submitted
September 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N507UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24743
Aircraft time
38,679 hours, 14,789 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
31,390 hours, 11,289 cycles
Part
Turbine Blades
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NUMBER 1 ENGINE LPT 3 BLADE IS CRACKING WITH SULFIDATION. REPLACED ENGINE.