Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
March 2, 2012
Submitted
April 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29241
Aircraft time
43,991 hours, 11,457 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Engine time
45,657 hours, 11,011 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW566R
Part serial
727788
Condition
Surges
Location
Nr 1
Part time
45,657 hours, 11,011 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 1 ENGINE SURGED DURING HIGH POWER RUN. NOTE BLEED SHIFTED AT 79% N2, DUCT PRESSURE 35 PSI QUICKLY DROP TO 26 AND RETURNED BACK TO 36 AT N2 92.7% AT HIGH POWER. THEN ABOUT 20 SECONDS ENG SURGED. WINDS SPEED WAS 0. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE SURGE INSPECTION AND FAULT ISOLATION PER FIM 71-05-00 PG101. NO DAMAGE FOUND ON BORO & VISUAL INSPECTION. VSV SYSTEM, 2.9 BLEED, 2.5 BLEED, PNEUMATIC CHECK VALVE AND HPSOV CHECKS GOOD PER FIM71-05-00 PG108 BLOCK 8 AND BLOCK 9. ENGINE TEST PER BLOCK 11 OF FIM CHECKS NORMAL. NO ENG SURGE NOTED DURING TEST OPERATION.