Service difficulty report · Epr Transmitter · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
June 18, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N496FE
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21670
Part
Epr Transmitter
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

98-0154 STA-IND, ON T/O AIRCRAFT ROLL WAS EXTREMELY LONG. AIRBORNE WITH STANDARD T/O EPR'S SET NR 1 AND NR 3 N1'S WERE APPROXIMATELY 82 PERCENT AND NR 2 N1 WAS APPROX 91 PERCENT. A/C BLEED SWITCHES WERE NR 1 OPEN NR 2 AND NR 3 WERE CLOSED. CHECKED ANTI-ICE BLEEDS ALL WERE CLOSED. OTHER ENGINE INSTRUMENTS SEEMED TO MATCH N1 SETTINGS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 PRESS RATIO TRANSMITTER EPR OPER CHECK NORMAL ON GROUND AT THIS TIME. SEE A/C MAINTENANCE LOG PAGE 972220 FOR NR 1 EPR DEFERRAL. FOUND INSECT NEST (MUD DAUBER) IN PT 2 PORT NR 1 AND NR 3 ENGINE. CLEANED OUT NEST AND BLEW OUT PT 2 PORT. RAN ENGINES PER JET RUN HANDBOOK CHAPTER 6. ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL.