Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
September 3, 2012
Submitted
September 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27805
Aircraft time
58,861 hours, 22,704 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
731376A
Part serial
1260
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 100
Part time
58,979 hours, 22,412 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

PHL FLT 1020 EN ROUTE PHL TO MCO. SHORTLY AFTER T/O, PASSING APPROX 9,000, COCKPIT FUMES OF RUBBER TYPE SOURCE WAS EXPERIENCED, 4 TO 5 MIN LATER RECEIVED EMERGENCY EQUIP EICAS MESSAGE. THE COCKPIT CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EQUIPMENT COOLING FAN. VENDOR SHOP FINDINGS: UNIT PASSES ELECTRICAL TESTS. APPEARS TO HAVE INGESTED FOD. CARBON AND BURNT FOD ON IMPELLER AND FAN HOUSING. IMPELLER BLADES NICKED AND BENT. ROTOR DIMENSIONS OUT OF TOLERANCE. CHIP MISSING FROM BEARING SEAT ON ROTOR SHAFT. END BELL BEARING LINER DAMAGED.

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