Service difficulty report · Blades · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
December 18, 2007
Submitted
December 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676MG
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
22554
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, J
Precautionary procedure
C

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER 1.4 EPR CHECK, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY NORMAL, POWER WAS ADVANCED ON ALL ENGINES. AT APPROXIMATELY 1.6 EPR AND 60 KTS THE NR 1 PACK TRIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE FAIL LIGHTS. ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AT THAT POINT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HEARD A SERIES OF BANGS AND POPS, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. NR 1 ENGINE HAS 4 DAMAGED BLADES: 3 ARE REPAIRABLE AND 1 REQUIRES NO REPAIR. NR1 ENGINE BLADES REPAIRED. NR 3 ENGINE REMOVED AND REPLACED.