Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 12, 2008
Submitted
July 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
28713
Aircraft time
42,155 hours, 6,156 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
44,885 hours, 6,821 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Surges
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED 2 INCIDENTS OF SURGE AS EVIDENCED BY POPPING NOISE AND RPM ROLLBACK FOLLOWED BY FULL RECOVERY. PARAMETERS ARE NORMAL. SURGE WAS NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THROTTLE MOVEMENT. ALL FIM TROUBLESHOOTING, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE BOROSCOPE INSPECTION (BSI), REVEALED NO CONDITION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SURGE. NO FAULT FOUND. SUSPECT WAKE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER. MM BLENDED SOME VERY MINOR HPC BLADE DAMAGE FOUND DURING BSI. THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE ENGINE SURGE AND COULD HAVE CONTINUED IN SERVICE WITHOUT BLENDING. THE PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR.