Service difficulty report · Compressor Blade · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 7, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Part
Compressor Blade
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
43,204 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
X, C
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, FL 370, NR 1 ENGINE STALLED AND FLAMED OUT. THERE WAS SOME SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN FOLLOWING FLAME-OUT. LANDED SLC. FOUND METAL IN TAILPIPE AND BLEED AIR MANIFOLD. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND ROUTED TO SHOP. SUPPLEMENT: FRACTURED 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADE FOUND AT ENGINE SHOP DISASSEMBLY. VERY LIGHT FOD NOTED AT FRACTURE INITIATION SITE ON BLADE L/E. DAMAGE THROUGHOUT DOWNSTREAM STAGES OF THE HPC.