Service difficulty report · Bullet · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 18, 2016
Submitted
April 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53617
Aircraft time
47,382 hours, 23,239 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Bullet
Part number
AAP2978
Part serial
BBDPZHZ
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
47,382 hours, 23,239 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER WAS DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING CLIMB, OBSERVED AN EPR SPLIT BETWEEN NR 1 & 2 ENGS. FOUND PT2 LINE DISLODGED INSIDE OF BULLET ON NR 1 ENG. R & R BULLET IAW AMM 77-11-03. ACCOMPLISHED HIGH POWER ENG RUN IAW AMM 71-00-00. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.

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