SDR DL733981852

Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date: September 7, 1998
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N308WA
Make and model: Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial: 23441
Engine: Ge CFM563B1
System (JASC): 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
Part: Engine
Condition: Failed
Location: Nr 1
Part time: 32,090 hours
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: Y
Precautionary procedure: E

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

What was found

AT 1500 FT NR 1 ENGINE LOUD BANG AND OVERTEMP TO 930 CELSIUS. FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION WITH THROTTLE REDUCED IDLE INDICATIONS NORM FOR 4-5 MIN THEN VIBRATION IND WENT TO 3. A/C STARTED TO SHAKE. ENG SHUT DOWN. PAX REPORTED FLAMES AT TIME OF COMPRESSOR STALL THEN NONE UNTIL SLIGHTLY BEFORE ENG SHUT DOWN. INFLT SHUTDOWN AND AIR TURNBACK. MTC FOUND OIL IN TAILPIPE, CAUSE OF FLAMES AND COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE SEIZED. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO ENG OR BLADES.