Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 19, 2004
Submitted
March 22, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48553
Aircraft time
41,810 hours, 6,010 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cdp
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT AT 6000 MSL, 250 KIAS IDLE THRUST ENG 2 RPM LO ALERT, FOLLOWED BY FLAMEOUT, EGT 75 DEG WITH IGNITION OVERRIDE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO NORMAL IDLE. ENGINE OPERATION DURING APPROACH, LANDING AND ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL. INSPECTED NR 2 ENG OIL MASTER CHIP DETECTOR IAW MM 79-36-01-61, NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. SYS AND FOUND CDP LINE FROM COMPRESSOR SECTION TO NR 2 ECU HAS WATER INSIDE, AND DRAIN PORT AT LOW POINT PLUGGED. OPENED CDP LINE AT ECU AND AT ENG AND BLEW DRY NIT THRU LINE TO CLEAN WATER AND DEBRIS.

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