Service difficulty report · Moisture Trap · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 21, 2016
Submitted
January 25, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53617
Aircraft time
46,720 hours, 22,859 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
64,395 hours, 31,837 cycles
Part
Moisture Trap
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. RT ENG WOULD NOT REACH TAKEOFF POWER. TAKE OFF ABORTED AT APPROX 100 KNOTS. CLEANED & PURGED THE RT ENG PT7 MANIFOLD MOISTURE TRAP. R & R THE RT ENG EPR TRANSMITTER IAW AMM 77-11-02. OPERATIONAL & LEAK CHECKED GOOD. ACCOMPLISHED MCM CARD 77-92-12 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SEE ALSO AALA20160125001.

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