Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
August 6, 2000
Submitted
October 6, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N356US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23559
Engine
Ge CFM563B1
Part
Engine
Condition
Stalled
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ORD - FLT 1142 - DURING CLIMB-OUT AT FL080, THE NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE ADVANCED RAPIDLY AND EGT WENT TO THE LIMIT. AUTOTHROTTLES WERE DISCONNECTED. ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER, THE NR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AND EGT RAPIDLY CLIMBED. THROTTLES WERE BROUGHT BACK TO ALMOST IDLE. ENGINE LIMITS WERE NORMAL AT IDLE RPM. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REVEALED THAT A CARDBOARD BOX WAS INJESTED INTO THE NR 1 ENGINE. REMOVED FOD FROM NR 1 ENGINE. ACCOMPLISHED BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF NR 1 ENGINE HPC 1ST, 3RD, 5TH AND 9TH STAGES, COMBUSTIONS CHAMBER, NOZZLE GUIDE VANES, HPT AND 1ST STAGE LPT. NO DAMAGE NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED MAXIMUM POWER ASS