Service difficulty report · Blade · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
September 26, 2004
Submitted
September 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AM
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49150
Aircraft time
57,831 hours, 43,475 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
37,084 hours, 26,092 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
815431
Part serial
BBDUA03259
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left Side
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK WAS DETECTED LT ENGINE BLADES DAMAGED BY FOD. BLADES WERE REWORKED AND CHECKED, THEY WERE WITHIN LIMITS IAW MM 72-33-21. ENGINE RUN TEST WAS PERFORMED ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE 6TH AND 7TH COMPRESSOR STAGES WERE CHECKED, ALL CORRECT. C DISK PAIR OF BLADES WERE REPLACED IAW MM 72-33-21, OPERATIONAL TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-01, ALL CORRECT.

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