Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
October 3, 2005
Submitted
October 6, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26271
Aircraft time
36,881 hours, 14,435 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
21,479 hours, 15,264 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
1A9031001
Part serial
VX6378
Condition
Damaged
Location
1st Stage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, DETECTED A BLADE DAMAGED, LT ENGINE LPC 1ST STAGE. THE BLADE WAS OUT OF LIMITS WITH A DAMAGE OF 4 X 0.750 AT LEADING EDGE. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE TWO BLADES SET OF LPC 1 ST STAGE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 72-31-02, VIBRATION TEST NR 8 WAS PERFORMED BEING OUT OF LIMITS, SO THE LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 71-00-00 AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW MPCM 71-00-01, BEING CORRECT.

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