Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 25, 2021
Submitted
March 26, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
25,191 hours, 8,107 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Blade
Part number
3400010380
Part serial
DC770062B
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Eng Fan
Part time
25,867 hours, 22,036 cycles
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

ON WALK AROUND FOUND #1 ENGINE, #4 BLADE HAS DISTORTION. GROUNDED - YES. FAN BLADE DAMAGE APPROX .100 FROM BLADE TIP ON LEADING EDGE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. ACCOMPLISHED GVI AROUND #1 ENGINE INTAKE AND FAN BLADE IAW B737-900 AMM 72-21-02. NO OTHER DEFECT NOTED .REMOVED AND REPLACED FAN BLADE #4 AND #16 AS BLADE PAIR REF AMM 72-21-02-000-802-F00. REPLACED #4 SPACER AND PIN-AXIAL STOP ON REAR SPINNER CONE. REF AMM 72-21-02-000-802-F00. PERFORMED TEST-7 VIB SURVEY REF AMM 71-00-00-700-814. PARAMETER WITHIN LIMITS.