Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
March 25, 2010
Submitted
March 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N459UW
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
25023
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Engine time
52,866 hours, 34,845 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
CFM563B2QEC400
Part serial
725108
Condition
Leaking
Location
Left
Part time
52,866 hours, 34,845 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

YYZ - CREW REPORTED NO ODORS DURING TAXI-OUT. ON TAKEOFF THRUST OUT OF CLT, AN ODOR LIKE DIRTY SOCKS WAS NOTED. AFTER THRUST REDUCTION, NO ODORS WERE PRESENT IN COCKPIT. IN CRUISE AFTER TWENTY MINUTES, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A FOUL SMELL IN AFT CABIN (ROW 21). LAVATORIES WERE NOT THE SOURCE. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT YYZ AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE BOROSCOPED BOTH ENGINES. IN NR 1 ENGINE (BOROSCOPE HOLE S5 LOOKING AFT), MAINTENANCE FOUND LIGHT TO MODERATE OIL STREAKING ON LEADING EDGE OF BLADES. NO FINDINGS IN NR 2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGINE IN ASSOCIATION WITH JOB CARD 03L50671003. ALSO, REMOVED AND REPLACED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE MODULE PER MM 29-09-11.

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