Service difficulty report · Flange · Boeing 747283B

Difficulty date
April 15, 2000
Submitted
May 31, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N921FT
Make and model
Boeing 747283B
Aircraft serial
21575
Aircraft time
52,980 hours, 11,966 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D70A
Engine time
15,949 hours, 3,316 cycles
Part
Flange
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 4 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

NR 4 ENG R FLANGE CRACK AT 7 O''CLOCK POSITION ON LIGHTENING HOLE. NR 2 ENG TURBINE COOLING CRACKED AT 10 O''CLOCK POSITON. REPAIRED PER MM 72-09-71, REP 8.