Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 15, 2010
Submitted
March 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24860
Aircraft time
64,354 hours, 24,098 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Fan
Part number
6455072
Part serial
16
Condition
Noisy
Location
Rt Recirculation
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RT RECIRC FAN EXTREMELY NOISY. DEFERRED FOR LACK OF PARTS AT ORD. FOUND NEW STYLE FAN WITH RESTRICTOR PLATE INSTALLED. FAN FILTER REPLACED DUE TO BEING CLOGGED WITH DUST. DECIBLE READING WITH BOTH ENG'S RUNNING IS AT 10. THE RISER DUCTS ON THE FO'S SIDE MAKING LOAD RATTLING NOISE AND WILL NEED ESTIMATED 3 SHIFT SLOT FOR CLEANING. 3 SHIFT SLOT RQSTD. REPLACED RT RECIRC. FAN IAW MM. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW SERVICE TIP. PLACARD REMOVED.