Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Boeing 757212

Difficulty date
November 17, 2007
Submitted
November 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N750AT
Make and model
Boeing 757212
Aircraft serial
23126
Aircraft time
63,979 hours, 30,910 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
65,624 hours, 32,179 cycles
Part
Carbon Seal
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
65,624 hours, 32,179 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE OIL QTY WENT TO ZERO FOLLOWED BY OIL PRESS FLUX. AS CREW WAS FOLLOWING CHECKLIST LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION STARTED FLASHING RED CREW THEN SHUT ENGINE DOWN. THIS OCCURED AT CRUISE FLT. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE PRECOOLER CARBON SEAL AND OIL PUMP. RAN NR 1 ENGINE FOUND EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK IN TAILPIPE. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE PER TRANS 6T103.