Service difficulty report · Compressor · Boeing 767333

Difficulty date
July 24, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 767333
Aircraft time
66,993 hours
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Compressor
Part number
71300423
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) CREW REPORT A FOUL ODOR EMANATING THROUGH CABIN ON CLIMB, ODOR DISSIPATED IN CRUISE. ON DESCENT/APPROACH, A TOXIC SMELL PERMEATED THROUGHOUT CABIN. SOME CREW MEMBERS WERE REPORTING SORE THROAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOXIC ODOR AND WANTED TO USE OXYGEN MASKS. NO SIGNIFICANT COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PASSENGERS, HOWEVER PASSENGERS WERE COVERING THEIR MOUTH/NOSE. THE CREW REPORT THERE IS KNOWN ENGINE OIL LEAK ON THE RT ENGINE, AND AS A PRECAUTION THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE RT AIR CONDITIONING PACK IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE SMELL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN. LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED, AND LT FAMV REACTIVATED. OIL WAS FOUND IN THE HP COMPRESSOR. PHS 3, PN: 71-30042-3, SN 413.