Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 20, 2012
Submitted
February 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N549UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25397
Aircraft time
75,998 hours, 21,952 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Blade
Condition
Nicked
Location
Rt 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

NICK IN FAN BLADE ON RT ENGINE. MAINT TEXT: NICK IS 3-32 DEEP .0937" WITHIN LIMITS IN SECTION 8 OF THE LEADING EDGE MM. INSPECTION COMPLETE NO CRACKS WITH 10X INSP BLENDED BLADE PER MM. BLADE MARKED. NEEDS EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION WITHIN 120 HOURS. BLEND INSP ACP BY INSPECTION MM, OKAY. ACCOMPLISHED EDDY CURRENT PER MM. OKAY BOSMM.