Service difficulty report · Cooler · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 9, 2000
Submitted
November 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N191AJ
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53191
Part
Cooler
Part number
B18D18
Part serial
12661333
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Csd Oil
Part time
8,209 hours, 4,121 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

MBJ/ATL - FLT JM 053 - AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RAMP WITH NR 2 GENERATOR FAILED AND APU INOPERATIVE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CSD OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. CSD SERVICED, ENGINE RUN AT IDLE FOR 5 MINTUES, NO LEAKS WERE OBSERVED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON ARRIVAL IN ATLANTA, CREW AGAIN SNAGGED NR 2 GENERATOR CSD AS ''APPROACHING THE CAUTION'' RANGE DURING CLIMB. ATLANTA MAINT FOUND WHERE MAG PLUG AND FILTERS WERE CHECKED, THE CSD OIL COOLER WAS ALSO CHANGED. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS DURING ENGINE RUN. NO LEAKS FOUND, AND SYSTEM CONSIDERED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)

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