Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
May 20, 2010
Submitted
May 21, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30223
Aircraft time
37,387 hours, 4,637 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
33,311 hours, 4,385 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hpt
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
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

HPT 2ND STG BLADE HAS AN AXIAL CRACK IN AREA B, FROM THE T/E COOLING SLOTS IN TOWARDS MIDDLE OF BLADE. REPLACE NR 1 ENGINE REF EG3710-1.