Service difficulty report · Blade · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 5, 2011
Submitted
May 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
452
Aircraft time
59,295 hours, 21,845 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Engine time
40,103 hours, 14,934 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
40,103 hours, 14,934 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE BIRD STRIKE. CONFERRED WITH ENGINE DESK. ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE ACCT ONE 6TH STG HPC BLADE HAS A TEAR IN A BLADE TIP CURL. RPL'D ENGINE PER MT71-01

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