Service difficulty report · Blade · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 19, 2005
Submitted
December 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
46,781 hours, 32,407 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
32,051 hours, 32,871 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
3400010260
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Engine
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, A BLADE OF THE RT ENGINE WAS DETECTED WITH DAMAGE AND THE NOISE SUPPRESSOR LINER HAD INCRUSTED A FOD. INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, DETECTING A DENT OF 0.75 X 0.25 AND .1875 OF LENGTH IAW MM 72-00-00. THE RT ENGINE BLADE WAS REWORKED IAW 72-00-00 FIGURE 201 AND THE NOISE SUPPRESSOR LINER PROVISIONAL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 72-33-66. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE RT ENGINE BOROSCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED TO 6TH AND 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES, NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND IAW MM 72-00-00 AND THE NOISE SUPPRESSOR LINER DEFINITIVE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 72-33-66, ALL CORRECT.

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