Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 737924

Difficulty date
March 3, 2015
Submitted
March 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408AS
Make and model
Boeing 737924
Aircraft serial
41732
Aircraft time
8,735 hours, 2,793 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Engine time
8,735 hours, 2,793 cycles
Part
Fan
Condition
Out Of Balance
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMB OUT, NR 2 ENG VIB WAS 2.2 UNITS AT APPROX 98 PERCENT N1, WITH POWER REDUCTIONS IT WOULD REDUCE TO 1.8 UNITS. AT CRUISE IT WAS .8 AT FL 290 AND APPROX 87 PERCENT N1. VIBRATION COULD BE FELT IN RUDDER PEDDALS WHEN IT WAS ABOVE 2.0 VIB UNITS. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED NR 2 ENGINE FAN BLADES. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE FAN BLADES IAW T/C 78472002, STEPS 1-52. PERFORMED BLAMAP 3.0 OF NEW BLADES INSTALLED. REPLACED ALL SHIMS IAW T/C 78472002. SPINNER WEIGHTS AND AVM SET TO P14 NOMINAL. ACCOMPLISHED NR 2 ENGINE VIBE SURVEY & ON BOARD FAN TRIM BALANCE IAW MM 71-00-00-700-814-F00, 71-00-00-750-808-F00. DETERMINED NR 2 ENGINE VIBRATION LEVELS TO BE WITHIN ASA PRESCRIBED GUIDELINES AT LESS THAN 1 UNIT FOR ALL POWER SETTINGS REF MM 71-00-00-800-806-F00.