Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
September 5, 2014
Submitted
September 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53153
Aircraft time
66,220 hours, 34,417 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D217C
Engine time
897 hours, 521 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LEFT ENG LOW OIL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED & LOW OIL PRESS GAUGE AT ZERO. LT ENG WAS SHUTDOWN, SINGLE ENG TIME 15 MINUTES. EMER DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LT ENG. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION OPEN.

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