Service difficulty report · Mec · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
December 19, 2011
Submitted
December 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N406US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23876
Aircraft time
63,789 hours, 42,978 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM563B2
Part
Mec
Part number
8063213
Part serial
WYG35372
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
65,250 hours, 44,800 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT FROM IAH AT STANDARD THRUST -90.6 PERCENT N1- SETTING, THE NR 2 ENGINE N1 INCREASED TO 99 PERCENT MOMENTARILY THEN BACK TO NORMAL. THIS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES. THE AUTO THROTTLES WERE DISCONNECTED WITH NO HELP - DID NOT TURN OFF PMC'S. STOPPED WHEN THRUST WAS REDUCED - N1 BELOW 90 PERCENT NOW. FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT CLT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE PMC PER AMM 73-21-04 WITH NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE MEC PER J/C 03L50673003. OPERATIONAL CHECKS ACCOMPLISHED PER J/C 03L10171001 AND J/C 03L50672010.