What was found
AMERIJET FLIGHT SXM - SJU NUMBER ONE ENGINE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY HIGH FUEL FLOW. PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A BROKEN C2 BLADE AND COMPRESSOR DAMAGE.
- Difficulty date
- December 3, 2008
- Submitted
- December 5, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N495AJ
- Make and model
- Boeing 727233
- Aircraft serial
- 20937
- Aircraft time
- 72,512 hours, 40,893 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D17
- Engine time
- 50,669 hours, 36,623 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Blade
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Component
- Engine · Pwa · 17
- Component part number
- JT8D
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.