Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 2, 2012
Submitted
September 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28750
Aircraft time
53,499 hours, 15,081 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
61,000 hours, 20,378 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW2000
Part serial
727124
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Nr 2
Part time
61,000 hours, 20,378 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE BIRD STRIKE, RTFL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. TWO LARGE BIRDS ONE MAY HAVE HIT TAIL. BIRD DAMAGE CONFINED TO NR 2 ENGINE, NR 2 ENGINE NOSE COWL APPEARS TO HAVE NO DAMAGE. CHANGE NR 2 ENGINE DUE TO MULTIPLE DEFECTS FROM BIRD STRIKE.