Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
June 23, 2009
Submitted
June 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22909
Aircraft time
74,969 hours, 36,917 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
64,540 hours, 32,024 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW2037RTC
Part serial
716303
Condition
Fod
Location
Nr 2
Part time
64,540 hours, 32,024 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL290...CREW REPORTED POP FROM RT ENG. ENG VIBE AT 5.0. FELT HEAVY VIBRATION. RETARDED THROTTLES AND STILL HAD VIBRATION. SHUTDOWN RT ENGINE. UPON ARRIVAL. FLT CREW AND CONTRACT MTC REPORTED THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWL INLET AND FAN BLADES. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION...CONTRACT MTC FOUND THAT THE FORWARD WATER SERVICE VALVE WAS PARTIALLY OPEN AND THERE WAS ICE BUILD UP WHEN THE PANEL WAS OPENED. SUSPECT ICE FROM PANEL THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. NUMBER 2 ENGINE CHANGED