Service difficulty report · Case · Boeing 747200

Difficulty date
October 7, 2002
Submitted
October 10, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524UP
Make and model
Boeing 747200
Aircraft serial
21446
Aircraft time
65,328 hours, 17,491 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7
Engine time
44,624 hours, 12,030 cycles
Part
Case
Part number
A07527
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE NR 2 ENG OIL DROPPED FROM 6.7 GALLONS TO 3.9 GALLONS BY TOC. OIL QTY CONTINUED TO DROP AT A RATE OF 1.4 GALLONS IN 1ST HOUR OF CRUISE. ALL OTHER PARAMETERS NORMAL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, DIVERTED TO NRT. FUEL DUMP WAS PERFORMED TO LAND AT MAX LANDING WT & WAS UNEVENTFUL. ACCOMPLISHED NR 6 TEST STATIC LEAK CHECK IAW MM 71-00-00. NO OIL FOUND IN 3.5 BLEED. CHECKED OIL FILTER MAIN CHIP DETECTOR ANGLE GEAR BEARING 3 & 4 TOWER SHAFT 1/2 BEARING DE-AERATOR. REMOVED CSD GENERATOR & INSTALLED DISPATCH EQUIPMENT. CONDUCTED NR 2 ENG HI POWER RUN EPR 1.32 FOR 15 MIN. VISUALLY INSPECTED & FOUND NO OIL LEAKS. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE INTERMEDIATE CASE. ENGINE REMOVED & REPLACED.

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