Service difficulty report · Turbine · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
September 18, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N282FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22349
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Turbine
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
T
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

AT ROTATION, HEARD LOUD POP FROM RT SIDE OF A/C. ENG NR 3 HAD ROLL BACK TO EPR, OF 1.80, N1=80 PERCENT, EGT=500 DEG CELSIUS, N2=80 PERCENT, FUEL FLOW=5,000 LBS. ENG NR 1 AND NR 2 IND NORM PWR, CONT T/O AND CLIMBOUT. ACCOMPLISHED ENG FAIL/SEVERE DAMAGE CKLIST. SHUTDOWN ENG, RETURNED TO IND AND LANDED. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 ENG PER FEDEX WORK CARD NR 70T0001-03. PERFORM ENG CK PER CHAPTER NR 72-00, AND JET RUN HANDBOOK NR 3 ENG OPER CK NORM.