Service difficulty report · Smoke · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 25, 2005
Submitted
July 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N553UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25277
Aircraft time
44,071 hours, 16,373 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Smoke
Condition
Detected
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. CAUSE OF INCIDENT WAS A FAILED THRUST DISK & BEARING IN LT ACM. COMPONENT FINDINGS WERE A FAILED THRUST DISK & A FAILED BEARING WHICH ALSO DAMAGED TURBINE & COMPRESSOR SECTIONS. THRUST DISK, BEARING TURBINE ASSY & COMPRESSOR WERE ALL REPLACED & UNIT MADE SERVICEABLE. THIS UNIT INSTALLED ON 06 JUN 2000 & ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 15,397 HRS & 5,718 CYCLES PRIOR TO FAILURE. CURRENT MX PROGRAM IS ON CONDITION FOR ACM. A HEALTH CHECK IS PERFORMED ON SYS & TEMP SENSORS CHECKED & CALIBRATED AT 1C. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OR MX PROGRAM CHANGES REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.