Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Doug DC983
FAA SDR system
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2014
- Submitted
- July 24, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N594AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53284
- Aircraft time
- 70,593 hours, 30,504 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D
- Part
- Pressure Switch
- Part number
- 1163P0041
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Zone 400
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
RIGHT OIL STRAINER CLOGGING INDICATION. EMER DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND DIFFERENTIAL PRESS SWITCH DAMAGED & OIL FILTER HAD CARBON DEPOSITS. REPLACED SWITCH & OIL FILTER. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.