Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
June 11, 2007
Submitted
June 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521NA
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
25592
Aircraft time
46,830 hours, 15,105 cycles
Part
Tube
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL 370 A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH ENGINE FUEL FLOWS WAS DETECTED WHILE THE OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL LITTLE BY LITTLE THE FF DIFFERENCE WAS INCREASING UNTIL LEFT FF 5686 AND RIGHT FF 2678. THE AIRSPEED WAS AFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION SO WE HAD TO DESCEND IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SPEED AND THERE WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARAMETERS OF BOTH ENGINE, SEE PARAMETERS BELOW. EPR1 1,711 EPR2 2.076. N1(1) 96.3 N1(2) 75.6. EGT1 701 EGT2 532 N2(1) 89.3 N2(2) 73.5 N3(1) 89.7 N3(2) 79.5 FF1 5683 FF2 2678 DUCT PRESS1 35 DUCT PRESS2 46 VN1(1)0.7 VN1(2)0.2 VB1 0.8 CB2 1.4 OIL PRESS 1 78 OIL PRESS 2 73 OIL TEMP 1 112 OIL TEMP 2 104. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 77-11-04 PAGE 601 P1. TUBE WAS REPLAC