Service difficulty report · Flange · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 4, 2015
Submitted
February 10, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
33,284 hours, 9,814 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Flange
Part number
3350704010
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

NR 1 ENGING REAR FLANGE ASSY HAS TWO CRACKS COMING FROM FASTNERS AT 1 O'CLOCK & 3 O'CLOCK. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED PRIMARY NOZZLE ASSY, PRIMARY PLUG ASSY R & R REAR FLANGE ASSY AND FLAME ARRESTOR GASKET. REINSTALLED PRIMARY NOZZLE ASSY AND PRIMARY PLUG ASSY ON NR 1 ENG REF MM 781-11-01-000-802-F00, 78-11-02-000-803-F00 AND 72-56-00-00-802-F00. PERFORMED TEST 3A IDLE POWER LEAK CHECK IAW AMM TASK 71-00-00-700-801-F00. NO LEAKS NOTED.