Service difficulty report · Fan Blade · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 5, 2004
Submitted
February 3, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30223
Aircraft time
10,333 hours, 1,467 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
10,333 hours, 1,467 cycles
Part
Fan Blade
Part number
52A241
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
10,333 hours, 1,467 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

HIGH ENGINE VIBRATION ON NR 1. ENGINE CONDITION MONITORING DETECTED HIGH N1 FREQUENCY VIBRATION ON ALL 3 ACCELEROMETERS, ACCOMPANIED BY DOWNWARD SHIFT IN EGT MARGIN. CONSEQUENTLY, IMPENDING ENGINE FAILURE WAS SUSPECTED. THE EGT LOSS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE THE 2.5 BLEED NOT CLOSING FIRMLY & CONSISTENTLY ON TAKEOFF. THE VIBRATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF AN UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF DEICING FLUID AROUND FAN BLADE ROOTS. THIS PATTERN OF SHARP VIBRATION INCREASE, AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY, HAS BEEN SEEN BEFORE AFTER TAKEOFFS IN ICING CONDITIONS, BUT NEVER BEFORE AT SUCH HIGH VALUES.