SDR NOCA08906

Service difficulty report · Tpu · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
June 18, 2006
Submitted
July 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N750NA
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
26277
Aircraft time
31,575 hours, 9,717 cycles
Part
Tpu
Part number
ETPU30001
Part serial
BX46641
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, M, R
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 HAD MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR STALLS ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT. EGT PEAKED OUT AT 903 DEGREES. AFTER PULLING BACK POWER LT ENGINE RAN 50 DEGREES HOTTER THAN RT ENGINE. BOROSCOPED ENGINE FOUND HPC BLADES OUT OF LIMITS. ENGINE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT 09-19-06. HPC DAMAGED FOUND WITHIN LIMITS, EGT EXCEEDANCE AND COMPRESSOR STALL CAUSED BY TPU, REPLACED TPU, OPS NORMAL.

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