What was found
DURING TAXI OUT, NOTIFIED OF SMOKE COMING FROM LEFT ENGINE. RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL IN THE TAILPIPE. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. NR 4 BEARING SUSPECTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NUMBER 1 ENGINE (2016-00454).
- Difficulty date
- August 2, 2016
- Submitted
- August 9, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N6706Q
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 30422
- Aircraft time
- 55,507 hours, 20,684 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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