Service difficulty report · Pin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 3, 2018
Submitted
April 4, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35199
Aircraft time
30,524 hours, 9,048 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Engine time
30,524 hours, 9,048 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Migrated
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

NR 1 ENGINE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION THIRD STAGE VSV SLAB HEAD PIN ROTATED 90 DEGREES WITH MIGRATION AND MATERIAL WEDGED BEHIND THE PIN BEYOND LIMITS IAW TC SBCFM56-7B-72-0986-1, STEP 7B. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE IAW TC 78471000 AND 78471001. ACCOMPLISHED EA PWRPL-71EA-11276.