SDR Q2SA740008

Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
March 4, 2008
Submitted
March 5, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740SA
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
21380
Aircraft time
106,667 hours, 19,478 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2
Engine time
107,653 hours, 19,299 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
CF650E2
Part serial
517139
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2
Part time
107,653 hours, 19,299 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E, J, A

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

What was found

NUMBER 2 ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE OIL QUANTITY IN FLIGHT OUT OF RKSI. OIL QUANTITY DRAMATICALLY DECREASED FROM ABOVE 3 GALLONS TO BELOW 1 GALLON IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. OIL PRESSURE WAS STEADY, OIL TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL. AFTER ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH QRH PROCEDURES, THE OIL QUANTITY AND PRESSURE DECREASED TO ZERO WITH THE ENGINE WINDMILLING. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUTDOWN. DUMPED APPROXIMATELY 200,000 POUNDS OF FUEL AND RETURNED TO RKSI. METAL PARTICLES FOUND AT CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACING NR 2 ENGINE.