Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 747409F

Difficulty date
March 5, 2012
Submitted
March 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18708
Make and model
Boeing 747409F
Aircraft serial
30765
Aircraft time
47,836 hours, 8,172 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B1F
Engine time
33,744 hours, 4,905 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(B-18708) SHORT AFT REACHING TOC, OIL QTY DROPPED TO 1, OIL TEMP RISING VERY SLOW, OIL PRESS DROPPED SLOWLY. BOTH STABILIZED BEFORE REACHING LIMIT, THR LEVER WAS RESTARED, NO MESSAGE APPEARED. GROUND CHECK FOUND OIL LUB & SCAV PUMP TGB & AGB INLET SCREEN WERE BLOCKED BY UNKNOWN FIBER. BSI A-SUMP AND CLEANED TGB & AGB INLET SCREEN. ENG RUN UP TEST NORMAL AND THEN ACFT RELEASED. DURING PUSH-BACK, ENG 1 OIL DROPPED TO 1 AGAIN AND FIBER WAS FOUND AGAIN AT TGB & AGB INLET SCREE. ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND WILL BE DISASSEMBLIED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.