Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 7378Q8

Difficulty date
July 16, 2013
Submitted
August 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N858AM
Make and model
Boeing 7378Q8
Aircraft serial
30671
Aircraft time
37,990 hours, 13,247 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Eng Fan
Part time
37,202 hours, 13,031 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, MX PERSONNEL DETECTED FOD DAMAGED ON 2 FAN BLADES OF THE RT ENGINE. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED A FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE INSPECTION IAW MM TASK 71-00-00-800-802-F00, DETECTING 2 FAN BLADES DAMAGED, 1 OUTLET GUIDE VANE CRACKED AND INNER BARREL ACOUSTIC PANEL PERFORATED, CONFIRMED THAT DAMAGES, CRACK AND PERFORATION WERE OUT OF LIMITS IAW 72-21-01; SO THE 2 FAN BLADES WERE BLEND REPAIRED IAW AMM 72-21-02 TASK 72-21-02-300-801, THE OUTLET GUIDE VANE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 72-23-01, TASK 72-23-01-000-801 FOD AND TASK 72-23-01-400-801, FOD AND THE INNER BARREL ACOUSTIC PANEL WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 54-10-01, REPAIR 7, ALL CORRECT. AS PRECAUTIONARY ACTION, THE RT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 71-00-02 AND OPS TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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