Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737217

Difficulty date
May 22, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737217
Aircraft time
66,832 hours, 32,077 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17A
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) - ON DESCENT, A "BUZZING" SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE FLIGHT DECK FOR APPROX 5-10 SEC. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY 1 OR 2 "POPS" AND THEN A LOUD "BANG" AT WHICH TIME THE NR 2 ENGINE LOST THRUST. NR 2 ENG TEMP CLIMBED BUT THERE WAS NO ENG OVERHEAT OR FIRE WARNING. ATC ADVISED OF EMERGENCY, AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A FULL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. C.F.R. APPROACHED THE ACFT AND NOTICED "SMOKE" AND A "GLOW" FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE. THERMAL IMAGING OF THE ACFT WAS ALSO PERFORMED. THEY APPLIED FOAM TO THE NR 2 ENGINE AT THIS TIME. CREW OPTED FOR A RAPID DEPLANEMENT THROUGH THE FORWARD L1 EXIT. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. IT WAS NOTED UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEPARATED INTERNALLY.