Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 16, 2015
Submitted
November 19, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9617R
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53564
Aircraft time
50,906 hours, 24,535 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Start Valve
Part number
9794106
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
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

FLIGHT DIVERTED, RT ENG START VLV LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. CREW SHUTDOWN RT ENG. SINGLE ENG TIME WAS 15 MINUTES. AN EMER LANDING WAS DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. ACCOMPLISHED MCM PROCEDURES ON MEL 80-01, DEFERRED RT ENG START VLV ON MEL PLACARD. REPLACED RT ENG STARTER CONTROL VLV IAW AMM 80-10-02 & CLEARED MEL PLACARD.

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