Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 737924

Difficulty date
July 18, 2004
Submitted
July 19, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N31412
Make and model
Boeing 737924
Aircraft serial
30129
Aircraft time
7,185 hours, 2,991 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
761574B
Part serial
0927
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine Idg
Part time
12,644 hours, 4,760 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTED IN THE CABIN AFTER TAKEOFF FROM EWR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE UNDERWENT A FAN LUBE WHILE ON RON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. THE NR 2 ENGINE HAD OIL IN THE EXHAUST WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO LEAKAGE OF THE NR 2 ENGINE IDG DRIVE SEAL. THE IDG AND DRIVE SEAL WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. BOTH ENGINES WERE BOROSCOPED AND THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES FOUND RELATED TO THE BURNING ODOR. A PNEUMATIC DUCT CLEAN OUT WAS PERFORMED AND RECIRCULATION FILTERS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.