Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 5, 2008
Submitted
January 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26945
Aircraft time
48,988 hours, 9,041 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Engine time
42,586 hours, 8,427 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
50L936
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
42,586 hours, 8,427 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

NR 1 ENGINE HPT DAMAGE. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE. SHOP TEARDOWN FOUND A MISSING HP TURBINE STAGE-2 DUCT SEGMENT. ADJACENT SEGMENTS HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL LODGED IN THE INTERNAL COOLING PASSAGES THAT CHOKED OFF COOLING AIR. THIS CAUSED BOWING, WHICH LEAD TO HEAVY BLADE RUB AND EVENTUAL SEGMENT LIBERATION.