Service difficulty report · Bulb · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
December 22, 2002
Submitted
December 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
162
Aircraft time
34,431 hours, 24,937 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D*
Engine time
29,688 hours, 22,017 cycles
Part
Bulb
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LEVELED OFF AT FL330, OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN INCREASING. INCREASED THRUST, ATTEMPTING TO DECREASE OIL TEMPERATURE, BUT IT CONTINUED TO CLIMB, TURNING AMBER, THEN RED UNTIL IT REACHED 165 DEGREES, SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENGINE AND DIVERTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED TEMP BULB IAW MM. RAN ENGINE FOR 1 HOUR AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS AND OIL TEMPERATURE NEVER CLIMBED ABOVE 100 DEGREES. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD, OK FOR SERVICE.

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