Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 747283B

Difficulty date
March 31, 2003
Submitted
April 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N921FT
Make and model
Boeing 747283B
Aircraft serial
21575
Aircraft time
59,142 hours, 13,270 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D70A
Engine time
40,627 hours, 8,945 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
773863
Condition
Ruptured
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 13TH STAGE TURBINE CASE COOLING DUCT RUPTURED AND BLEW THRU LT REVERSER HALF. REPLACED 13TH STAGE COOLING DUCT & LT REVERSER HALF.