Service difficulty report · Turbine Wheel · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
May 26, 2008
Submitted
May 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25092
Aircraft time
74,039 hours, 11,990 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
66,074 hours, 10,225 cycles
Part
Turbine Wheel
Part serial
C27788
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 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 1 ENGINE SLOW TO IDLE. REPLACEMENT OF STARTER, IDG, FMU, AND 2.95 BV SOLENOID WERE NO HELP. ENGINE REPLACED. SHOP TEARDOWN REVEALED HEAVY HOT SECTION DISTRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HP TURBINE STAGE-1 AND STAGE-2 NOZZLE GUIDE VANES. THE STAGE-1 VANES WERE ON REDUCED BORESCOPE INSPECTION INTERVAL DUE TO LE EROSION. THIS DISTRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGH TIME SINCE LAST ENGINE SHOP REPAIR.