Service difficulty report · Nose Cowl · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
December 21, 2011
Submitted
December 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784XA
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33784
Aircraft time
26,536 hours, 13,590 cycles
Part
Nose Cowl
Part number
31421003
Part serial
2813001
Condition
Dented
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
26,081 hours, 13,798 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 BIRD IN RT ENGINE, SO BIRD STRIKE CONDITIONAL INSP WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-18, DETECTING A DENT OF 8.0" LONG, 5.0" WIDE AND 0.375" DEPTH IN THE NOSE COWLING AT 12 HRS POSITION, THIS DENT WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 54-10-01-1A-1 PARA 4A (2) AND BIRD INGESTION IN HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND MX REPAIRED THE NOSE COWLING IAW SRM 54-10-01-2R10, REPAIR 10 AND PERFORMED A LT ENGINE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER BORESCOPE INSPECTION IAW MM 72-00-00, NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND.