Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
September 16, 2019
Submitted
September 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N349AN
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
33088
Aircraft time
61,272 hours, 10,151 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B6
Engine time
97,016 hours, 15,795 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CMH ON ACCOUNT OF LEFT ENGINE OIL FILTER EICAS MESSAGE. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 79-35-00-815-803 ON #1 ENGINE. FOUND METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR AND IN THE OIL FILTER. ENGINE CHANGE HAS BEEN DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED #1 ENG IAW JOB CARD 71-93-01. ALL GROUND CHECKS NORMAL. ASED ON THE CHIP DETECTOR SCREEN FINDINGS, THIS ENGINE EXIBITED CHARACTERISTICS OF A BEARINF FAILURE. THE HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF FERROUS MATERIAL ON THE B/C PUMP SCREEN/CHIP DETECTOR IS INDICATIVE OF POSSIBLE NO.4 BEARING FAILURE.