Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 777*

Difficulty date
November 25, 2007
Submitted
December 3, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N746AM
Make and model
Boeing 777*
Aircraft serial
32719
Aircraft time
7,697 hours, 939 cycles
Engine
Ge GE9090B
Engine time
7,697 hours, 939 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
GE9094B
Part serial
900481
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Part time
7,697 hours, 939 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT AT 39,000 FEET, LEFT ENGINE STALLED, DESCENDING TO 27,000 FEET WITH OSCILLATIONS IN N1 AND N2 WITH ENG CONTROL L AND ENG EEC C1 L MESSAGES, LANDING AT GRU. AT GRU, TECHNICAL PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE MESSAGES AND PERFORMED FIM 71-05 TASK 806 AND FIM 75-21 TASK 822 PROCEDURES, ALL CORRECT. BOROSCOPIC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED FOUNDING 6 BLADES OF HPC DAMAGED WITHIN LIMITS AND ONE FIRST STAGE HPT BLADE WITH DAMAGES OUT OF LIMITS. THE PT25 SENSOR AND EEC WERE REPLACED IAW MM 73-21-63 AND ENGINE STALL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00-200-809-G00, TESTED CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED AS A FERRY FLIGHT TO CHICAGO STATION IAW GENERAL ELECTRIC CDR CA-07-0490 APPROVING THE ENGINE OPERATION 3 CYCLES MORE IN THIS CONDITION AND THE FAA SPECIAL FLIGHT AUTHORIZATION NO. SW23002008-01, TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.