Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
April 9, 2008
Submitted
April 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N641UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25091
Aircraft time
72,700 hours, 11,783 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
35,097 hours, 4,967 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Cracked
Location
Compressor
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CRACK FOUND IN THE 5TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE ROOT OF THE NR 1 ENGINE. REPLACED ENGINE.