Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 19, 2012
Submitted
December 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26710
Aircraft time
63,685 hours, 22,552 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Blade
Condition
Chipped
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

CHIPPED FAN BLADE RIGHT ENGINE. BLADE MARKINGS WORN OFF, LEFT CHIPPED BLADE AT 6 O`CLOCK POSN. BLENDED 2 BLADES ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER REF AMM. BLADES ARE MARKED FOR EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. DUE TO BLADE REPAIR, NEED EDDY CRNT INSP. CF EDDY CURRENT DUE TO TIME REF AMM 72-31-02 BLADES ARE MARKED. PERFORMED HFEC INSP OF ALL E 2 FAN BLADE LEADING EDGES PER NTM MAN. PART-6-72-31-401 NO DISCREPANT INDICATIONS NOTED.