Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 7, 2011
Submitted
June 14, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35179
Aircraft time
18,251 hours, 5,687 cycles
Part
Turbine Blades
Part number
38007021
Part serial
P7275
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
Part time
8,349 hours, 8,791 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU CT5 ATP EGT TREND DATA SHOWS EGT HAS SHIFTED ABOVE THE ESTABLISHED THRESHOLD. ACCOMPLISHED APU ENG INSP REF AMM TASK 49 21 00 200 801 FOUND DAMAGE TO 2ND STAGE TURB BLADES TRAILING EDGES. APPEARS TO BE ALL BLADES. REPLACED APU PER T/C 78349010. LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.