Service difficulty report · Turbine Blades · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
June 21, 2011
Submitted
July 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22623
Aircraft time
41,638 hours, 26,638 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Turbine Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
44,740 hours, 29,401 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

SETTING T/O POWER HAD LOUD BANG AND ALL ENG NR 1 INSTRUMENTS DROPPED. REPEATED T/O PRIOR TO T/O. REJECTED T/O PRIOR TO T/O POWER BEING SET. ENG NR1 WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOOTHED OUT AS ENG WOUND DOWN. OPEN COWLING FOUND MASSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL IN COWL. INSPECTED INTAKE, NO DAMAGE, INSPECTED EXHAUST SECTION FOUND ALL THE BLADES WITH SEVERE DAMAGE AND EXHAUST WITH SEVERAL HOLES. NOTIFIED MOCC ENGINE CHANGE REQUIRED. THE ENGINE IS APPROVED FOR REMOVAL. ENGINE IS APPROVED FOR R & R DUE TO TURBINE BLADES DAMAGED.