Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
Service difficulty reports · 538
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'JT8D15A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'JT8D15A' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR DL72E010641Start Valve · malfunctionedAT CRUISE THE NR 1 ENG START VALVE ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED THE POM AND SHUT DOWN ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE AT 37 PSI FOR 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. REPLACED NR 1 ENG. START VALVE AND PRESSURE SWITCH RAN ENG. CK NORMAL. PERFORMED WINDMILLING INSPECTION PER M/M.SDR CA010507016Filter · blocked(CAN) ON DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL ON NR 2 ENGINE. THE CREW DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO POINT OF DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PS3 SENSE LINE FILTER BLOCKED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE SHREDDED PAPER FIBRE, ORIGIN USDR C8GA20010007Exciter · inoperativeFLT 722 FROM TOL TO CLT. UPON INITIAL DESCENT TO CLT, NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT. TWO ATTEMPTS TO AIR RESTART FAILED. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PERFORMED ENGINE INSPECTION OF FILTERS AND SENSE LINES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. FOUND NR 2 SDR CA010507017Actuator · fractured(CAN) ON APPROACH TO WHEN FLAP 2 SELECTED THE CREW OBSERVED RAPID DECREASE IN A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. HYDRAULIC LEAK/LOSS OK. LIST CARRIED OUT. MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PERFORMED, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGAR SDR USAASB01085Bleed Valve · faultyLGA - FLT 2721 - ON TAKEOFF FROM LGA, EN ROUTE TO FLL, THE AUTO THROTTLE DISENGAGED AND THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR PULLED BACK TO 1.88. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. CONDITIONS WERE A BLEEDS-OFF NON-PRESSURIZED TAKEOFF. THEN ON CLIMB-OUT, AFTER BLEEDSDR TSAA0172033Engine · malfunctionedFLT 531 - LNY-HNL - TAXIED TO RUNWAY. WHEN POWER ADVANCED FOR TAKEOFF, A LOUD BANG CAME FROM THE NR 1 ENGINE. ABORTED TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 20 KNOTS AND SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE. NR 2 ENGINE NORMAL. RETURNED TO GATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 ENGISDR 20010409SG007Pump · damagedSAL - FLT TA410 - DURING CRUISE OF FLIGHT, ENGINE NR 2 WAS SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE, AND HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE. AFTER UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT EL SALVADOR AIRPORT, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS PERFORMED INSPECTION AND FOUND IN ENGINE NR 2, THE MAIN OIL FILTER SDR 20010409SG002Line · crackedIN FLIGHT NR 2 ENGINE BEGAN LOSING OIL AT RATE OF 1 QUART EVERY 9 MINUTES. REDUCED THRUST DID NOT AFFECT RATE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE WITH 1 GALLON REMAINING. ENGINE WINDMILLED 30 MINUTES, OIL PRESSURE 42 PSI. T/S ENGINE, FOUND NR 2 ENGINE NR 2 BEARING LINE CRACSDR 20010410AP026Engine · failedAT TAKEOFF THRUST SETTING (ANV) LOUD EXPLOSION HEARD IN COCKPIT AND NR 1 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL QUANTITY DECREASED TO 2 GAL THEN INCREASED TO 3 GAL AFTER SHUTDOWN. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES PSDR 20010514SG001Turbine · separatedAT TAKEOFF THRUST SETTING (ANV) LOUD EXPLOSION HEARD IN COCKPIT AND NR 1 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL QTY DECREASED TO 2 GAL THEN INCREASED TO 3 GAL AFTER SHUTDOWN. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES PER AOSDR DL72S010322O-Ring · leakingAT FL 310, NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS BELOW GREEN BAND. OIL QTY WAS ZERO. ENGINE SHUT DOWN PER POM. FOUND O-RING LEAKING AT FUEL PUMP TO GEARBOX INTERFACE. REPLACED SAME.SDR DL72S010280Engine · stalledNR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 200 - 300 FT. AFTER TAKEOFF REPLACED PRBC. PERFORMED POWER RUN, CKS OK.SDR DL72S010262Engine · stalledON TAKEOFF IN ATL NR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 400 - 500 FT AGL- EPR DROPPED TO 1.7 WITH AUTO PACK TRIP. INSPECTED ENGINE PER M/M, RAN ENGINE PER PFHB AND TESTS OK.SDR USAASB01048Engine · failedMCO - FLT 2727 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM FLL, EN ROUTE TO LGA, CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE NR 1 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MCO AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL IN THE TAILPIPE OF SDR DL72L010239Shaft · shearedNR 3 ENG FAILED ON T/O ROLL. ABORTED AT 130 KIAS. REPLACED NR 3 ENG FUEL PUMP PER M/M. OPS CK AND LEAK CK ON IDLE RUN. ALSO TRIM ENG PER PFHB 4077 TEST Y. CK NML. RETORQUED FUEL PUMP QUAD RING PER M/M.SDR DL73E010186Engine · fodON T/O ROLL, LOUD BANG W/ FULL PWR FELT VIBRATIONS. ABORTED T/O AT 10 KTS. PASSENGER REPORTED FLASH FROM AFT OF NR 1 ENG. PASSENGERS REPORTED BURNING SMELL IN CABIN AFTER BANG. FOUND NR 1 ENGINE INGESTED PLASTIC BAG. PERFORMED BORESCOPE OF NR 1 ENGINE PERSDR USAASB01032Compressor · stalledCLT - FLT 2676 - EN ROUTE FROM TPA TO LGA, AT FL330, CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL. NO ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE EXCEEDED. THROTTLE WAS REDUCED AND THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY AFTER THE INITIAL STALL. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CLT ASDR DL72S010177Engine · missingNR 3 OIL QTY DECREASE TO ZERO. DURING CRUISE FOLLOWED BY FLUCUATING OIL PRESS, SHUT DOWN NR 3 ENGINE PER POM. COMPLETED ENGINE FLAME OUT / LOSS OF THRUST SHUTDOWN FORM. ENGINE SHUTDOWN TIME 30 MIN / OIL PRESS WINDMILL 25 PSI / OIL QTY 0. FOUND 3 STUDS ON GSDR DL72E010148Compressor · stalledNR 1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED AT 80 KNOTS ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. ENGINE CHANGED.SDR USAASB01011Engine · failedLGA - FLT 2990 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM LGA, AFTER FL120, CREW REPORTED LOSS OF NR 1 ENGINE OIL AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW THE RED LINE AND HELD AT ABOUT 20 PSI. CREW SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ANSDR C8GA20010001Engine · stalledON FLT DAE232 FROM MROC TO KMIA EXPERIENCED NR 2 ENGINE STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE. ENG (S/N 700741) REPLACED WITH ENG (S/N 700748).SDR DL72W010003Clamp · stretchedAT 60 KTS ON T/O ROLL, LEFT STRUT PNEUMATIC DUCT PRESSURE WENT TO 6 O'CLOCK POSITION. ON CLIMBOUT, NR 1 ENG STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NR 1 ENGINE THROTTLE BROUGHT TO IDLE. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FOUND WORN DUCT CLAMP ON ENG BLEED SUPPLY DUCT. REPLACED SASDR P2EA00466Pump · failedFLT 355 - MDW - WHILE ADVANCING THROTTLES FOR TAKEOFF AND WITH BOTH ENGINES STABILIZED AT 1.4 EPR THE NR 1 ENGINE FAILED. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND TAKEOFF ABORTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH NO INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP PER MM 73-11-1. OPSDR C8GA20000016Lead · chafedENGINE NUMBER 3 FIRE WARNING INDICATION OCCURRED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT CLT. NUMBER 3 FIRE HANDLE PULLED, LEFT FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED AND APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER THE FIRE HANDLE LIGHT WENT AND THE BELL SILENCED. *S/D* REPLACED GENERATOR FEEDER CABSDR USAASB00351Engine · failedFLL - FLT 2828 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM FLL, EN ROUTE TO BOS, THE NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL AND HIGH EGT. CAPTAIN SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ADVISED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS THEY WERE RETURNING TO FIELD AT FLL. CAPTAIN FIRED SDR DL72S002459Engine · fireAFTER TAKE-OFF, NR 1 EGT GAGE IN YELLOW BAND, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, NR 1 FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED W/BELL. NR 1 THROTTLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE. COMPLIED WITH CHECK LIST AND NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. LT FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED TO NR 1 ENG. DIFFICULT TO MOVE SSDR DL72S002460Warning System · activatedNR 3 ENG FIRE INDICATION ON CLIMB THROUGH 10500. INDICATION CLEARED UPON RETARDING THROTTLE TO IDLE. CA- FND FUEL HEAT MANIFOLD BAD, REPLACED SAME. RAN ENG., ALL CHECKS GOOD.SDR DL72S002044Bolt · brokenFOUND ON CREW WALKAROUND, NR 3 ENGINE AFT MOUNT BOLT BROKEN. REMOVED ENGINE, REPAIRED DAMAGE, REPLACED CONE BOLT, REINSTALLED ENGINE.SDR USAASB00296Duct · crackedTPA-LGA - FLT 2676 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT ENGINE START VALVE LIGHT AND THE RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. 15 MINUTES SINGLE ENGINE TIME. MAINTENANCE FSDR DL73K002017Actuator · intermittentAFTER STARTING NR 1ENG (NORMAL START) DURING TAXI OUT NR 1 ENG FLAMED OUT. ON RESTART ATTEMPT AT GATE, NO FUEL FLOW INDICATION AFTER START LEVER RAISED TO IDLE. REPLACED BAD FUEL SOV ACTUATOR AND GATE ASSY PER MM. RAN NR 1 ENG, ALL PARAMETERS GOOD.SDR USAASB00290Engine · malfunctionedBWI - FLT 2633 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM BWI, EN ROUTE TO MCO, THE NR 2 ENGINE EXPERIENCED HIGHER FUEL FLOW THAN THE NR 1 ENIGNE FOR EQUAL THRUST. HIGHER THAN NORMAL EGT ON TAKEOFF WAS ALSO REPORTED. CREW HAD TO REDUCE THRUST TO KEEP EGT WITHIN GREEN BAND. FLIGHTSDR 0003652299Pump · failedDURING TAKEOFF JUST PRIOR TO V1 SPEED, THE NR 1 ENGINE CEASED OPERATING. THE ENGINE FAIL INDICAITON AND THE AUTO PACK TRIP INDICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AT 130 KNOTS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL SDR DL72S001932Line · looseNR 3 ENGINE OIL LEAK IN-FLIGHT. SERVICED OIL. RAN ENGINE AND FOUND B-NUT AT NR 4 BEARING SCAVENGE LINE LOOSE. TIGHTENED SAME.SDR USAASB0279Fuel Control · failedBWI - FLT 2797 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM BWI, AT FL080, THE NR 2 ENGINE FLAMED OUT. N1, N2 AND OIL PRESSURE WAS PRESENT. CREW TRIED TO RESTART/RELIGHT NR 2 ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PASSENGERS WRE BRIEFED ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. FSDR DL72S001878Compressor · stalledAFTER T/O, THE NR 3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN CABIN. INSPECTED AND RAN ENGINE, NO TROUBLE FOUND.SDR GAIA00564Gearbox · inoperativeFLT 1864 - FWA-EWR - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL/LOW PRESURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON INDICATOR, LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY ON THE INDICATOR, AND A RISE IN OIL TEMPERATURE ON THE INDICATOR. THE CREW COMPLIED WITH THE EMERGENCY CHECK LSDR 00FDEA00662Engine · failedAT 200 - 300 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL NR 2 ENGINE FAILED WITH VIBRATION, NO FIRE IND. FIRED NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE AND NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE MM 26-21-001-4 & 71-00-000-4-1. ALSO FEDEX WORK CARDS 70T0002 & 70T0301-02.SDR DL73K001752Power Supply · inoperativeCLIMBING OUT BOTH F/F GAUGES WENT TO ZERO. LT STAYED AT -0- RT FLUX BETWEEN -0- AND 1000. ON DESCENT BOTH WORKED NORMAL THEN LT FAILED AGAIN AFTER LANDING. REPLACED F/F POWER SUPPLY, OPN CKS NORMAL.SDR DL73E001741Engine · malfunctionedON T/O NR 1 ENG EPR ERRATIC EGT RAPIDILY ROSE PAST YELLOW ARC TO 635. RAN BOTH ENGINES TO T/O EPR, ALL PARAMETERS WITHIN NORMAL OPERATING RANGES PER PFHB INSPECTED INLET AND EXHAUST ALL NORMAL.SDR AALA20001368Duct · rupturedMIA - FLT 929 - SEVEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF NR 3 FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THROTTLE CONTINUED TO RUN FORWARD AFTER BEING PULLED BACK AND WOULD NOT STAY AT IDLE. ENGINE EXCEEDED 700 DEGREES. RETURNED AND LANDED MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE. REPSDR USAASB00225Valve · dirtyIAD - FLT 2753 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM IAD, AT FL220, THE NR 1 ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WENT INTO THE YELLOW BAND. CAPTAIN ACCOMPLISHED SPECIAL PROCEDURES, SHUT DOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCSDR DL72S001559Duct · rupturedENG NR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CLIMB PASSING FL 250. COMPLETED WITH POM PROCEDURES, LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISH WITH THROTTLE AT IDLE. NR 1 BLEED SWITCH HAS NO EFFECT. DIVERTED TO DFW. FOUND HI STAGE PNEUMATIC -Y- DUCT IN PYLON RUPTURED. RSDR DL73K001536Transmitter · inaccurateRTO AT EWR DUE TO RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT REACH T/O EPR SETTING. REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE EPR TRANSMITTER. OPERATED RIGHT ENGINE AT T/O POWER PER PFHB AND ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL.SDR DL73K001445Wire · chafedNR 1 ENG OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUM PASSING THROUGH FL22. REDUCED ENG TO 60 PERCENT AND LIGHT WENT OUT. INSP OIL FILTER FOR CONTAMINATION-NTF. FOUND WIRE CHAFED AT FIREWALL DISCONNECT (W184-021-20). REPAIRED SAME.SDR USAASB00192Valve · failedTPA - FLT 2704 - ON CLIMB-OUT, NR 2 ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED, NR 2 ENG OIL TEMP IN YELLOW BAND. CREW SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENG, DECLARED EMERG, RETURNED TO TPA. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TOTAL SINCE ENG TIME, 12 MINUTES. MAINT FOUND NR SDR DL73E001159Engine · surgesAFTER ENGAGING AUTO THROTTLES ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE NR 1 ENGINE SURGED ABOUT 3 TIMES TO AS HIGH AS 2.17 EPR. DISCONTINUED THE T/O AT APPROX 70 KTS. PAX REPORTED A SLIGHT ACRID SMELL IN CABIN. OPERATED ENG PER PFHB, ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL WITH A/T OFF. SDR 0002092708Pump · inoperativeDURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT, THE NR 3 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A FLAME-OUT. THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE NR 3 ENGINE. BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. ALL COM PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO DEN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCESDR DL73K001037Engine · malfunctionedON T/O ROLL, LT ENG WOULD ONLY ACHIEVE 2.02 EPR. DISCONTINUEDT/O ROLL AT 60 KTS. TRIMMED 01/02 ENGS PER PFHB. PART PWR AND T/O PWR CHECKS GOOD. ALL ENG PARAMETERS NORMAL ON ENG RUN.SDR TWAA0008406Switch · failedDURING CRUISE NUMBER TWO ENGINE FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ENGINE SHUT DOWN IAW FHB. MAIN OIL FILTER FOUND CLEAN. REPLACED FILTER AND FILTER BYPASS SWITCH. CC01 9-29-99 MCI.SDR TWAA0008104Engine · stalledDURING TAKEOFF HAD AN APPARENT ENGINE STALL. RAN ALL ENGINES, CHECKED ALL ENGINE BLEEDS, INTAKED, AND EXHAUSTS AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES. CC02 09-07-99 MCI.
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