Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 5, 2012
Submitted
September 8, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N503UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24624
Aircraft time
74,107 hours, 27,790 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
66,681 hours, 23,213 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Component
Engine · Pwa
Component part number
PW2000
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE BIRD STRIKE. THE ENGINE VIB MONITOR WENT TO 1.4. ALL OTHER IND AND PARAMETERS NORMAL. FELT HIGH FREQ VIBRATION IN FLOOR. INSPECTION OF NR 1 ENGINE NOTED BLADE DAMAGE DUE TO BIRD STRIKE. REMOVED NR 1 ENGINE FAN BLADES PER AMM. INSTALLED COMPLETE MATCHED SET OF FAN BLADES. LEFT ENG BLADE NR 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7 DAMAGED. C1 BLADE SET REPLACED. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WITHIN LIMITS LEFT VIB IND SHOWED 1.4 AT ONE POINT.