Service difficulty report · Combust Chamber · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 2, 2017
Submitted
April 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
39,568 hours, 11,986 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Combust Chamber
Part number
CFM567B27
Part serial
892251
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
44,070 hours, 13,562 cycles
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

NR 1 ENGINE BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. FOUND FIVE OUTER LINER PANELS THAT HAD ONE CONTINUOUS AXIAL CRACK WITH COOLING RIB 5 CRACKED THROUGH TO COLD SIDE JUST BELOW RT MAIN IGNITER. FOUND BURNED THROUGH AREA IN OUTER LINERS NR 4 & 5 PANELS WITH AXIAL & CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKS RUNNING THROUGH BURNED AREAS. JUST BELOW RT MAIN IGNITER. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE.