Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 13, 2012
Submitted
July 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N507UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24743
Aircraft time
72,447 hours, 27,419 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
3,200 hours, 22,157 cycles
Part
Carbon Seal
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SOUR AND FOUL SMELL FROM AC SYSTEM SMELLS LIKE DIRTY SOCKS OCCURED AFTER TAKEOFF. A-C SYS OIL CONTAMINATION ISOLATION PER AMM 21-00-01 PB200 REVEALED OIL CONTAMINATION LIKELY FROM NR 1 ENGINE. NR 1 ENGINE HAS OIL POOLING IN NR 3 AFT CARBON SEAL AREA VIEWED THRU AP1. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE PER TOD 71-00-02.