Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
July 15, 2019
Submitted
August 16, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35311
Aircraft time
24,789 hours, 2,878 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
2051M72G03
Part serial
CFNF5488
Condition
Missing
Location
Lt Engine Fan
Part time
16,599 hours, 1,971 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 TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED MISSING MATERIAL ON FAN BLADE OF ENGINE NO. 1S/N: 956321; AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ISSUED THE WO 5544667 TO PERFORM A CONDITIONAL INSPECTION; IT WAS FOUND FAN BLADE WITH MISSING MATERIAL WITH FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 0.130¨L AND 0.090¨D BEING OUT OF LIMITS; SO IT WAS PERFORMED REPLACEMENT OF FAN BLADE IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-G72-22-02-00A-520A/720-A, IT WAS PERFORMED VIBRATION SURVEY-FUNCTIONAL TEST, ALL CORRECT

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