What was found
NR 1 ENGINE SURGED, FLAMED OUT AND SEIZED. ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND DISASSEMBLED. ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FRACTURE OF THE 5TH STAGE HPC BLADE IN THE ROOT.
- Difficulty date
- January 25, 2005
- Submitted
- May 17, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N662UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 27159
- Aircraft time
- 51,224 hours, 8,307 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- Engine time
- 28,741 hours, 3,598 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 58H305
- Condition
- Fractured
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- Y, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.