Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 26, 2007
Submitted
August 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N771UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26932
Aircraft time
47,316 hours, 9,151 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Engine time
26,834 hours, 5,665 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR 1 ENG SHUTDOWN DUE EICAS AT 10,000 FT FOR OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY ZERO. EMERGENCY DECLARED BY CREW. ENGINE REPLACED. FOUND ONE HPT STAGE-2 BLADE FAILED UNDER THE PLATFORM DUE TO STRESS CORROSION CRACKING (SCC). AN ADJACENT BLADE WAS FRACTURED 0.100 INCHES ABOVE THE PLATFORM. THE LOSS OF BOTH BLADES RESULTED IN HEAVY VIBRATION AND OIL LOSS. THE FAILED BLADE WAS FIRST RUN. THIS IS THE FIRST INDUSTRY HPT STAGE-2 SCC FAILURE ON A PW4077 ENGINE.