Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 30, 2010
Submitted
January 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
69,299 hours, 33,980 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Cooling Turbine
Part number
20495054
Part serial
96191
Condition
Damaged
Location
A/C Pack
Part time
45,236 hours, 30,624 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED, DURING CLIMB AT 17,000 FEET, THE PACK FLOW LIGHT TURNED ON. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND MX REPLACED THE LT COOLING TURBINE IAW 21-51-01 AND CABIN PRESSURE CONTROL SYS TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 21-31-00, TASK 21-31-00-990-801, TESTED CORRECT. MX PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSP IAW MM 05-51-01, NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND.

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