SDR QEMY2020032500000

Service difficulty report · Spool · Boeing 737

Difficulty date: March 12, 2020
Submitted: March 25, 2020
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N466L
Make and model: Boeing 737
Engine: Ge CFM56*
Engine time: 40,559 hours, 12,354 cycles
System (JASC): 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
Part: Spool
Part number: 2048M20G03
Part serial: GWN0JLE9
Condition: Damaged
Location: Engine
Part time: 12,354 cycles
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

OPERATOR TUI - CFM56-7B – ESN 802161 - AT THE GE WALES ENGINE SHOP.

THE HPC 4-9 SPOOL HAS BEEN CONTRACTED OUT FOR WORK, THE CONTRACTOR HAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE 4-9 SPOOL HAS SCATTERED CIRCUMFERENTIAL DAMAGE TO FORWARD FLANGE BOLT HOLES AND THE PART HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE EARLY.

THE 4-9 SPOOL IS A LIFE LIMITED PART.