Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 7, 2005
Submitted
February 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26946
Aircraft time
33,160 hours, 5,141 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Warning System
Condition
Activated
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LT ENG FIRE LOOP AND LT ENG OVERHT DETECT EICAS MESSAGES. OIL QTY AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. EMERGENCY DECLARED. ENGINE REPLACED. FOUND ONE HPT STG-2 BLADE FAILED AT AIRFOIL MID-SPAN AS A RESULT OF INTERNAL SULFIDATION. ANOTHER BLADE FAILED NEAR THE AIRFOIL PLATFORM, AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH DEBRIS FROM 1ST BLADE. RESULTED IN VIBRATION. OVER TIME, CAUSED FAILURE OF THE FIRE/OVERHEAT LOOPS, & RESULTED IN CRACKING OF OIL PRESSURE LINE BETWEEN SERVO FUEL HEATER & AIR OIL HEAT EXCHANGER. CAUSE OF BLADE SULFIDATION CONTAMINATION OF COOLING PASSAGES WITH TURBO-TIP COATING. PWA HAS CHANGED COATING PROCESS TO PRECLUDE FUTURE CONTAMINATION.