Service difficulty report · Bearing · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 29, 2002
Submitted
April 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N794UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26953
Aircraft time
19,376 hours, 3,074 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
19,409 hours, 2,998 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
52A129
Part serial
CCGUAR8533
Condition
Worn
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
3,090 hours, 481 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS IN OIL QUANTITY IN THE RT ENGINE. DIVERTED TO YUL. OIL QUANTITY AT TOP OF DESCENT WAS ZERO WITH NORMAL TEMP/PRESSURE. ARRIVED WITH NO PROBLEMS. "ENG OIL FILTER R" BYPASS MESSAGE DISPLAYED AT TOP OF DESCENT; ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY UNTIL DELIBERATELY SHUT DOWN ON THE GROUND. METAL WAS FOUND ON NR 3 BEARING MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTOR, ENGINE REMOVED. EXTENSIVE FRETTING WEAR BETWEEN NR 3 BEARING AND CARBON SEAL SEAT COMPONENTS, ESPECIALLY INNER RACE AND REAR SEAL SEAT. OIL WETTING & COKING WAS FOUND IN THE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE T1 DISK, INDICATING OIL LOSS THROUGH THIS AREA.