Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 18, 2020
Submitted
December 31, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48402
Aircraft time
89,197 hours, 22,534 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2D1F
Part
Sensor
Part number
154EW2
Part serial
EGN33074
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
75,302 hours, 18,576 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF PASSING 1000', 5 IN SUCCESSION LOUD BANGS WITH HEAVY SHUTTERS. ENGINE INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO YAW ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANG/SHUTTERING. DURING NR 2 ENGINE INLET AND EXHAUST INSPECTION FOUND LEFT HAND FAN STATOR AFT INNER SEGEMENT PANEL AT 11:00 POSITION BLEW OFF AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT, LEFT T/R HALF DAMAGED AS WELL. T/R DAMAGE IS A GOUGE ON INTERIOR WALL ABOUT 9:00 POSITION. GOUGE IS APPROXIMATELY 6" LONG BY 5" WIDE AND INTO THE HONEY COMB STRUCTURE. PICTURES OF DAMAGE ATTACHED. REVERSER R & R ON SEPARATE WRITE UP. WRI 78-30/0645. CHECKED ECU 2A AND ECU 2B, NO CURRENT FAULTS AND NO FAULTS STORED IN FAULT REVIEW. INSTALLED MISSING NR 2 FAN STATOR INNER AFT LINER SEGMENT REFERENCE MD-11 AMM 72-33-01-4-1. R & R NR 2 ENGINE HMU, REF MM 73-21-01-4-1. FAILED OPERATIONS CHECK. TROUBLESHOOTING CONTINUES. FOUND ROD ENDS WORN ON BOTH VSV ACTUATORS. ALSO R & R, N1 SENSOR, N2 SENSOR, CIT SENSOR, STATOR CONTROL ALTERNATOR. HMU, AND ECU, REF AMM MANUAL REFERENCES. 75-31-01-4-1,77-11-01-4, 77-11-02-4-1,73-21-11-4-1,73-21-21-4-1,73-21-01-4-1, AND 73-21-02-5-1. RAN UP ENGINE TO 83 PERCENT PER JRH POWER ASSURANCE TEST NO FAULTS FOUND AC OK FOR SERVICE.

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