Service difficulty report · Fan Blade · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 29, 2009
Submitted
August 4, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53611
Aircraft time
29,943 hours, 13,926 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
9,107 hours, 3,904 cycles
Part
Fan Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT 1100" AGL BIRD STRIKE RIGHT ENGINE. INITIAL EPR DROP OF .60, RECOVERED AFTER DELAY OF 10 SECONDS (COMPRESSOR STALL). SMOOTH OVERWEIGHT LANDING AT 152,500. ENGINE WAS OPERATED AT IDLE. PRELIMINARY VISUAL 13 FAN BLADES BENT/DAMAGED. INSPECTION TO COMPLETE BORESCOPES TO EVALUATE ENGINE STATUS.

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