Service difficulty report · Spring · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 5, 2013
Submitted
March 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7522A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49899
Aircraft time
65,209 hours, 33,877 cycles
Part
Spring
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuel Lever
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ELP - CREW REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN ON APPROACH. RIGHT ENGINE FLAMED OUT (SINGLE ENGINE TIME TWO MINUTES). EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT LANDED ELP WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED FUEL LEVER CUTOUT SWITCH DETENT SPRING. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.

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