Service difficulty report · Blade · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
August 24, 2006
Submitted
August 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N754RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49641
Aircraft time
38,151 hours, 26,405 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
41,759 hours, 29,093 cycles
Part
Blade
Part serial
SS
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
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 THE BOROSCOPIC INSPECTION RELATED TO THE EO 987211 R4 PERFORMED DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, WERE DETECTED SEVERAL BLADES WITH DENTS OUT OF LIMITS AND ONE BLADE BROKEN IN T2 SECTION. LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND TESTED IAW MM 71-00-02 AND 71-00-01, ALL CORRECT.

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