Service difficulty report · Blade · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
November 20, 2001
Submitted
December 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23741
Engine
Ge CFM563B1
Part
Blade
Part number
3350889510SET
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
8,090 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BUF - FLT 1563 - APPLIED T/O PWR, A SLIGHT NOISE AND VIBRATION WAS NOTED. ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WITH NO LIMITS EXCEEDED. SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, RT ENG VIBRATION METER WENT OFF SCALE. A LOUD ENG NOISE WAS HEARD ON THE FLT DECK AND THE FLT ATTNS REPORTED A VIBRATION AT THE MID CABIN FLOOR AREA. PWR WAS REDUCED BUT RT ENG VIBRATION METER STAYED OFF SCALE TO THE RT. FLT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MX FOUND THE NR 2 ENG FIRST STAGE FAN BLADES TIGHT, NO SHINGLED. UNLOCKED FAN BLADES AND ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE POWER RUN. ALL VIBRATION PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. A/C WAS RELEASED FOR MX FERRY FLT FOR FAN BLADE LUBE. MX ACCOMPLISHED FAN B