Service difficulty report · Arm · Boeing 7377BX

Difficulty date
September 7, 2018
Submitted
September 8, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N737KA
Make and model
Boeing 7377BX
Aircraft serial
30740
Aircraft time
29,609 hours, 17,308 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B20
Engine time
28,706 hours, 16,683 cycles
Part
Arm
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ENGINE WOULD AUTO SHUTDOWN WHEN POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED PAST IDLE. VSV UNISON RINGS AND LEVER ARMS WERE INSPECTED. MULTIPLE LEVER ARMS WERE FOUND DISCONNECTED FROM THE STAGE 2 UNISON RING AS WELL AS SOME ARMS WERE BROKEN. SUSPECT UNISON RING BROKE AND REPOSITIONED ITSELF TO DISENGAGE SOME VSV ARMS AS WELL AS BREAKING SOME VSV ARMS. ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND SENT TO SHOP FOR REPAIR.

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