Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 28, 2010
Submitted
August 31, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N222UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30553
Aircraft time
38,454 hours, 4,676 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Heat Exchanger
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 2 ENG BLEED AIR HEAT EXCHANGER LT LOWER BROKEN, LEAKING HOT BLEED AIR SEVERELY. REPLACED WITH NEW PRECOOLER, NO LEAK FOUND.