Service difficulty report · Blades · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
November 14, 2007
Submitted
November 16, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521NA
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
25592
Aircraft time
48,266 hours, 15,698 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E437
Engine time
41,781 hours, 17,328 cycles
Part
Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine Fan
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

N1 ENGINE VIBRATION HIGH, READS 3.0. ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. VIBRATION RETUNED BELOW 2.5 WITH THRUST LEVER RETARDED. ENGINE WAS NOT SHUTDOWN. ON THE LT ENGINE FAN BLADE NR 17 WAS REPLACED CHOCKING PAD IAW AMM 72-31-73 PAGE 401, IAW AMM 71-00-00 PAGE 548, TEST NR 7 FAN TRIM BALANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE 3 TRIAL WEIGHT METHOD AND IAW AMM 71-00-00 PAGE 544 TEST NR 6, VIBRATION SURVEY WAS ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORILY.