Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Boeing 7377CT

Difficulty date
July 9, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 7377CT
Aircraft time
31,018 hours
Engine
Ge CFM567B24
Part
Gearbox
Part number
3400465040
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Accessory
Part time
28,592 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) CREW REPORTED THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS INDICATION ILLUMINATED JUST PRIOR TO DECENT. INDICATION WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WITH THRUST REDUCED RESULTING IN ENGINE BEING SHUTDOWN IAW FOM. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS REQUESTED AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE AGB MCD MAGNET. THE AGB WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.

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