Service difficulty report · Precooler · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 7, 2010
Submitted
September 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N229UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30557
Aircraft time
36,141 hours, 4,406 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Precooler
Part number
23417441
Part serial
404
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Bleed Sys
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

NUMBER 1 ENGINE BLEED PRECOOLER CRACKED. NR 1 ENG BLEED AIR PRECOOLER LH LOWER BROKEN, LEAKING HOT BLEED AIR SEVERELY. REPLACED WITH NEW PRECOOLER BY OSV-AMECO-056269, NO LEAK FOUND.