Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
November 11, 2020
Submitted
January 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
37165
Aircraft time
22,865 hours, 2,600 cycles
Engine
Ge GENX1B54
Engine time
22,868 hours, 2,601 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CNR 20201109014 OF REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC GE/CFM SYSTEM AT MEX, THE LEFT ENGINE HAD A TREND CHANGE IN COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCY, DUE TO PISTON RING DISTRESS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED THE LEFT ENGINE BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR, IAW SB 72-0348 INSTRUCTIONS. DETECTING PISTON RING MATERIAL BETWEEN DIFFUSER AND HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR STAGE 10 BLADES AND OGV FLOW PATH, SO THE LEFT ENGINE P/N GENX-1B76AP2G01 WITH S/N 956573, TSN 20533, CSN 2241, MANUFACTURER GENERAL ELECTRIC WAS REPLACED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-G71-00-00-10B-520A/720A-A. A FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION PERFORMED ON 4 BOLTS MOUNT AFT, 4 BOLTS MOUNT FWD AND 4 NUTS MOUNT AFT, IAW AMM DMC-B787-G71-21-00, PMC-B787-81205-A5201-00 TYPE 1, METHOD C, LEVEL 3. NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND AND LEFT ENGINE OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED, IAW AMM DMC-B787-G71-00-0-15A-340A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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