Service difficulty report · Blades · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
December 24, 2022
Submitted
December 27, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N385HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1295
Aircraft time
41,737 hours, 6,542 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT77
Part
Blades
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ETOPS - ON WALK AROUND FOUND ENG #1 BLADES 1, 2, 11 & 16 TIPS BENT. REMOVED BLADES 1, 2, & 16 FROM ENGINE 1 PER AMM 72-31-41. FOUND CIRCUMFERENTIAL DEFLECTION OF BLADES 1, 2, & 16 OUT OF LIMITS PER AMM 72-31-41-200-801-A. FOUND BLADE # 11 WITHIN LIMITS BUT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. REMOVED #11 BLADE REF AMM 72-31-41. NEED TO REMOVED LP COMPRESSOR BLADES TO PERFORM RE-SHUFFLE ON ENG #1. REMOVED BLADES 1-26 AND HUB OF ENG #1 IAW AMM 72-31-41-300-802-A. NEED TO CONTINUE W/ BLADE / HUB LUBE. COMPLETED REMAINING STEPS PER AMM 72-31-41-300-802-A. IDLE RUN GOOD. PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN PER AMM 71-00-00-700-838-A. VIBES BELOW LIMITS. OK FOR SERVICE.

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