Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 11, 2014
Submitted
November 14, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N76201
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53291
Aircraft time
70,178 hours, 30,358 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED, EMER WAS DECLARED & LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. DURING CRUISE AT FL 310 FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED EXCESSIVE & ABNORMAL VIBRATION FROM ROW 24 REARWARD TO THE AFT OF THE ACFT. NO ENG INDICATIONS, VARIED POWER SETTINGS TO ISOLATE VIBRATION UNABLE TO VARY. FOUND NR 1 ENG INTERNAL BLEED DUCT CRACKED. R & R NR 1 ENG IAW MCM 71-91-99. OVERWEIGHT LANDING MCM 05-91-29 ACCOMPLISHED. SYS CHECKED NORMAL.

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