Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
April 26, 2012
Submitted
May 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N359AM
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft serial
32359
Aircraft time
39,785 hours, 28,110 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
36,896 hours, 26,388 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE HPT 1ST STAGE BLADES OF THE LT ENGINE WAS DETECTED 1 BLADE OF THE HPT 1ST STAGE WITH A CRACK OUT OF LIMITS IAW MM 72-00-00 PARAGRAPH G 1(A), WITH DIMENSIONS OF 0.125" LONG IN THE T/E AREA. MX PERSONNEL REPLACED AND TESTED THE LT ENGINE IAW MM 71-00-02 AND MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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