Service difficulty report · Packing · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 10, 2013
Submitted
February 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Aircraft time
78,787 hours, 22,907 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
71,529 hours, 23,796 cycles
Part
Packing
Condition
Leaking
Location
Oil System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT ENGINE IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN, FLT DIVERTED. OIL LEAK AT EEC OIL TEMP THERMOCOUPLE PROBE, FOUND BAD PACKING. LEAK WAS ISOLATED TO OIL TEMP THERMOCOUPLE O-RING & WAS REPAIRED. NO OTHER LEAKS OBSERVED. REPLACED MAIN OIL FILTER AND CHECKED MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTORS. NO METAL DEBRIS FOUND.