SDR 2001UALA01424

Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date: July 19, 2001
Submitted: August 21, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N7283U
Make and model: Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial: 21561
Aircraft time: 64,924 hours, 37,469 cycles
Engine: Pwa JT8D15
Engine time: 58,916 hours, 34,068 cycles
System (JASC): 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
Part: Engine
Condition: Fire
Location: Nr 1
Stage of operation: LD
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: A
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

UPON LANDING FLAMES CAME OUT OF NR 1 ENGINE THRUST REVERSERS WHEN THRUST REVERSERS WERE MOVED TO STOWED POSITION. *S/D* REPORT OF FLAMES OUT OF THE THRUST REVERSER WAS REPORTED BY OPERATIONS VEHICLE AND NO CAUSE HAS BEEN FOUND. THE THRUST REVERSER WAS OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES AND AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS PER MM 72-05-00 AND NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. NO FLAMES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE THRUST REVERSER BEFORE OR AFTER THIS EVENT.