Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 25, 2011
Submitted
July 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
70,295 hours, 34,400 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D
Part
Engine
Part number
JT8D219
Part serial
716778
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt
Part time
59,034 hours, 29,417 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MX REPORTED THAT DURING LT ENGINE START, IT ONLY REACHED 5 PERCENT OF N2; SO THE ENGINE START WAS CROSSED IAW MM 71-00-00 HAVING RT PARAMETERS AND DISPATCHING THE ACFT IN THAT CONDITIONS. DURING REVISION OF THE FLIGHT RECORDER IT WAS DETECTED THAT LT ENGINE REACHED 664.1 CENTIGRADE GRADES OF EGT WITH 105.7 OF N1 AND RT ENGINE REACHED 677 CENTIGRADE GRADES OF EGT WITH 106.2 OF N1 BEING THIS PARAMETERS OUT OF NORMAL OPERATION LIMITS; SO THE BOTH ENGINES WERE REPLACED IAW MM 71-00-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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