Service difficulty report · Fan Blade · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 16, 2010
Submitted
April 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22812
Aircraft time
78,141 hours, 40,029 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
2,063 hours, 1,072 cycles
Part
Fan Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, ACFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. POST FLIGHT INSP WAS PERFORMED NOTING THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE HAD DAMAGED FAN BLADES. R & R (5) EA SETS OF FAN BLADES. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.