Service difficulty report · Blades · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 23, 2008
Submitted
April 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N214UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30220
Aircraft time
27,125 hours, 6,112 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Engine time
27,206 hours, 5,760 cycles
Part
Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Hpc
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

NR 1 ENG HPC STG 7 HAS SEVERAL DAMAGED BLADES BEYOND LIMITS AND ARE NOT BLENDABLE. ALSO, HPC STAGE 12 HAS 1 BLADE WITH CRACK BEYOND LIMITS. ENGINE CONDITION MONITORING (ECM) DETECTED AN ENGINE GASPATH PARAMETER SHIFT. SUBSEQUENT BORESCOPE INSPECTION (BSI) FOUND HP COMPRESSOR BLADE DAMAGE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO FURTHER FLIGHT.