Service difficulty report · Nut · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
February 14, 2008
Submitted
February 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N668UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30024
Aircraft time
31,612 hours, 8,768 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Engine time
33,984 hours, 6,280 cycles
Part
Nut
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Igv
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE SLOW TO SPOOL AT TAKEOFF. THIS ENGINE HAD AN N2 OVERSPEED OF 105.6%. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT SFO PRIOR TO FURTHER FLIGHT. THE IGV UNISON RING ADJUSTER ROD END CLEVIS CONNECTOR ON THE BELLCRANK WAS DISCONNECTED DUE TO A BROKEN SLEEVE NUT. (IPC 72-35-00-025-040) BECAUSE THE OVERSPEED EXCEEDED 105.0% FOR 9 SECONDS, ALL STAGE-5, -6, AND-7 BLADES WILL BE SCRAPPED DUE TO CONCERN OF HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE.