What was found
AN OIL SMELL WAS NOTICED INTO TPA. FOUND THE LT ENGINE NUMBER 2 AND 3 BEARING COMPARTMENT CARBON SEAL ASSEMBLY HAD DETERIORATED. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO ANOTHER STATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAL ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- January 19, 2002
- Submitted
- January 21, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N724TW
- Make and model
- Boeing 757231
- Aircraft serial
- 28488
- Aircraft time
- 8,437 hours, 2,722 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Engine time
- 8,640 hours, 2,756 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Carbon Seal
- Condition
- Deteriorated
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.