What was found
LEFT ENGINE FAN BLADE HAS A NICK. BLEND 1ST STAGE FAN BLADE NUMBER UNKNOWN. ACP'D EDDY CURRENT PER NDTM 72-31-401, NO CRACKS INDICATED.
- Difficulty date
- November 14, 2012
- Submitted
- January 18, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N590UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 28708
- Aircraft time
- 58,771 hours, 16,448 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Blade
- Condition
- Nicked
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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