Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 25, 2005
Submitted
January 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53634
Engine
Pwa JT8D217
Part
Engine
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DFW - FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE LANDING THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE AMBER LOW OIL QUANTITY LIGHT CAME ON QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY THE RED LIGHT. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN PER CHECKLIST. THE SHUTDOWN WAS NORMAL. THEN ENGINE WINDMILLED FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES UNTIL LANDING. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. FLIGHT DATA RECORDER DOWNLOADED PER ENGINEERING. REPLACED NUMBER TWO ENGINE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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