What was found
A 2 INCH CRACK FOUND, NR 3 ENGINE, TURBINE MID FRAME HOT SECTION AT NR 7 TIME (10 O'CLOCK POSITION). CRACK WELDED IAW GE SOPM 70-41-00. REF EDA 7254E001.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 2002
- Submitted
- December 16, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N355MC
- Make and model
- Boeing 747341
- Aircraft serial
- 23395
- Aircraft time
- 53,522 hours, 10,146 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CF650E2
- Engine time
- 33,204 hours, 7,220 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7250 · Turbine Section
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 3 Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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