Service difficulty report · Stator Vane · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
May 31, 2001
Submitted
December 3, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N714P
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
28482
Aircraft time
14,318 hours, 4,802 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
15,070 hours, 4,855 cycles
Part
Stator Vane
Part number
1B8110
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

JUST AFTER TAKEOFF CREW HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM NUMBER 1 ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY EGT GOING TO 653. CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO STL. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TAIL PIPE AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. FOUND VANES FROM THE 10TH AND 11TH STAGE COMPRESSOR, QUADRANT NUMBER 4, HAD FRACTURED AT THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION AND MOVED INTO THE GAS PATH STRIKING THE C-10 BLADES. THE DAMAGE THEN MULTIPLIED.