Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727100

Difficulty date
September 26, 2003
Submitted
September 30, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N168FE
Make and model
Boeing 727100
Aircraft serial
18865
Aircraft time
66,621 hours, 49,705 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
65266897
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT NR 3 GENERATOR BREAKER TRIPPED. OBSERVED GENERATOR DRIVE OIL TEMP PEGGED ON THE HIGH SIDE. COMPLIED WITH CSD HIGH OIL TEMP PROCEDURE AND CSD FAILED TO DISCONNECT. TEMP REMAINED HIGH THRU THE FLIGHT. FOUND CSD EJECTOR LINE LOOSE AT VALVE AND HOT AIR BLOWING ON ENGINE ELEC HARNESS, 7 WIRES SEVERED AND NUMEROUS OTHERS DAMAGED. CSD INJECTOR TUBE IS ALSO DAMAGED. NR 3 ENGINE HARNESS REMOVED AND NEW HARNESS BEING INSTALLED IAW SMP. CSD OIL COOLER INJECTOR TUBE REPLACED PER SMP RAN NR 3 ENG PER JRH. ALL SYSTEMS OPS CK GOOD.

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