Service difficulty report · Fan Blade · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
February 12, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1605
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
30198
Aircraft time
42,500 hours, 6,241 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B6F
Engine time
26,251 hours, 9,980 cycles
Part
Fan Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
26,251 hours, 9,980 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE INGESTED BIRDS AFTER TAKEOFF. CREW REPORTED LEFT ENG HIGH VIBRATION ENGINE NOT SHUTDOWN. RETURNED TO ACC. 6 FAN BLADES BEYOND LIMITS. HAVE NOT BORO CORE AT THIS TIME SENDING AMTS, BORO EQUIP AND FAN BLADES. REPLACED DAMAGED FAN SETS NR 1 ENG BORESCOPED MPC FOUND NO BIRD STRIKE DAMAGE AFTER REMOVING BLADES VISUALLY INSPECTED CORE INTAKE FOUND NO DEBRIS. CORE OK. PBS RUN FAILED FOR DATA LO CHECKED AND RAN SECOND AND THIRD VIBE RUN. RESET ALL WEIGHT PER BALANCE RUN FAN VIBS NOW 1.1 AT 98 PERCENT N1 OK FOR ETOPS CATEGORY 'E': PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO ETOPS.