SDR 9519786638

Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 747251B

Difficulty date
December 5, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638US
Make and model
Boeing 747251B
Aircraft serial
23549
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4G2
Part
Fan
Condition
Seized
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E, B, Y
Precautionary procedure
A, E, J

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE (TPE), THE NR 4 ENGINE EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT SHAKING. THE NR 4 BLEED VALVE WAS CLOSED AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. THE NR 4 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VIBRATE AND THE NR 3 ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE FLUCTUATING. 127,000 POUNDS OF FUEL WAS DUMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPE WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL THREE-ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE NR 4 ENGINE FAN WAS FOUND TO BE SEIZED AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME, PYLONS, AND NR 3 ENGINE WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND CHECKED OK. A GROUND RUN-UP CONFIRMED PROPER OPERATION OF THE ENGINES.