Service difficulty report · Compressor · Boeing 727100

Difficulty date
July 25, 2005
Submitted
July 26, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N194FE
Make and model
Boeing 727100
Aircraft serial
19143
Aircraft time
68,179 hours, 49,901 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D7B
Part
Compressor
Condition
Stalled
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
C

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What was found

DURING T/O THROTTLE UP THE NR 3 ENG HAD A COMPRESSOR S TALL . RAN NR 3 ENG UP INDIVIDUALY AND AT A VERY LOW EPR NR 3 EXPERIENCED ANOTHER COMPRESSOR STALL. WINDS CALM. INSP INLET & EXH AREA. ALL NORMAL CKED FOR BLEED VALVE OPERATION, NORMAL, HEARD ALL 3 CLANKS SCREEN IS CLEAR. ADJUSTED P&D VALVE PER P/W 72-00-00 PAGE124. RAN NR 3 ENG PER JRH CHAP 5 ALL CK NORMAL. WENT TO 90 PERCENT THREE TIMES SLOW AND FAST.. NO COMPRESSOR STALLS.

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