Service difficulty report · Tube · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 27, 2008
Submitted
July 30, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53248
Aircraft time
49,255 hours
Part
Tube
Part number
DDK3818501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

MCI INFLIGHT T358/27JUN PHX TO ORD. CREW REPORTED LOSS OF OIL AND PRESSURE ON NR ONE ENGINE. CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE. LANDED MCI WITHOUT INCIDENT. SINGLE ENGINE TIME APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. FOUND CRACK IN OIL LOW PRESSURE SWITCH TUBE. REPLACED TUBE FOR OIL PRESSURE SWITCH ON NR ONE ENGINE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (A)

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