Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
May 4, 2010
Submitted
May 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17245
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28955
Aircraft time
34,507 hours, 12,140 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B26US
Part
Engine
Condition
Fire
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF, FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT REPORTED FLAMES COMING OUT OF RIGHT ENGINE, NO INDICATIONS IN COCK PIT, RETURNED TO NEWARK (EWR), ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN. INSPECTED NR 2 ENGINE AS PER AMM 71-00-00-800-803 PAR F2, HAD NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE IN TAILPIPE OR TURBINE EXHAUST, CHIP DETECTORS WERE CLEAN, HAD NO OIL LEAKS, EEC BITE WAS GOOD. RAN ENGINE AT EXTENDED IDLE AND T/O POWER WITH NO DEFECTS, OK TO CONTINUE.