Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
November 28, 2017
Submitted
November 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N330QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1368
Aircraft time
18,398 hours, 6,014 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT76
Engine time
35,499 hours, 7,826 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AT PUSH BACK AND INITIATING THE LEFT ENGINE, A SURGE OCCURED AND INDICATION OF FLAME OUT APPEARED, RETURNED TO BLOCKS AND INSPECT THE CONDITION, PERFORMED A BOROSCOPIC INSPECTION THAT DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A MATERIAL LOSS AT THE PATH LINING IN THE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR OUT OF TOLERANCE, PERFORMED AN ENGINE CHANGE.

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