Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 24, 2013
Submitted
December 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N663UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27160
Aircraft time
87,618 hours, 13,989 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
86,875 hours, 12,283 cycles
Part
Turbine Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
86,875 hours, 12,283 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON ENG NR 1 ESN 717550 IAW EC6281, FOUND ONE EACH 2ND STAGE HPT BLADE DAMAGED. DAMAGE IS ON LE APPROXIMATELY 0.400 INCHES LONG BEGINNING 0.300 INCHES FROM THE END OF THE BLADE. THE DAMAGE IS ON BOTH THE CONVEX & CONCAVE SIDES & PARENT METAL IS MISSING WITH A HOLE COMPLETELY THRU TO THE COOLING AREA OF THE BLADE. DAMAGE IN AREA A & B WITHIN 5 CYCLE FLY BACK LIMITS FOR ENG CHANGE, REPLACED ENG IAW AMM SN OFF 717550 & SN ON 727916.