Service difficulty report · Fuel Nozzle · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 28, 2016
Submitted
February 2, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
29,686 hours, 9,118 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Fuel Nozzle
Part number
6840023E18
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A ROUTINE BOROSCOPE INSPECTION ON NR 1 ENGINE, FOUND NR 15 FUEL NOZZLE SECONDARY SWIRL NOZZLE VENTURI WITH MORE THAN .100" MISSING MATERIAL. ACFT GROUNDED. FOLLOWING ENGINEERING REVIEW, EVALUATION OF COMBUSTOR SECONDARY SWIRL NOZZLE VENTURI CONDITIONS BY OEM DETERMINED CONDITION TO BE SERVICEABLE WITHOUT RESTRICTION. DAMAGE REVIEWED IN CFMI SR 00235358, 29 JAN 2016, CONFIRMED AS MEASURED VENTURI CRACKS WITH MISSING MATERIAL: NOZZLE NR 15 0.151 W, NOZZLE NR 7 0.029 W, AND NOZZLE NR 8 AT 0.013 W, CUMULATIVE 0.193, ARE WITHIN PROGRESSIVE CRITERIA OF AMM 72-00-00-200-805-F00, STEP 7. G, N, 3. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.