Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 3, 2007
Submitted
December 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N218UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30222
Aircraft time
27,287 hours, 3,502 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
39,051 hours, 5,926 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 2 ENG HAS HPT STG 1 BLADE TRAILING EDGE BREAKTHROUGH INTO INTERNAL CAVITY. 1 BLADE TRAILING EDGE BREAKTHROUGH INTO INTERNAL CAVITY. REPLACED WITH ESN 222175 IN POS 02. PER TOD AMM 71-00-02 CONFIG 2 FIG 422.