Service difficulty report · Control Box · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 20, 2016
Submitted
December 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N70425
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49337
Aircraft time
85,804 hours, 46,105 cycles
Part
Control Box
Part number
213779
Part serial
2121783
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
24,225 hours, 12,535 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
C, H

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

What was found

TAKEOFF ABORTED AT 82 KNOTS AT DFW. NORMAL ABORT. LEFT ENGINE ACCELERATED NORMALLY TO 1.4 EXHAUST PRESSURE RATIO BUT NEVER BEYOND 1.5. MANUALLY PUSHED THROTTLES FORWARD WITH NO RESPONSE. DISENGAGED AUTO-THROTTLES. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE SYNCHRONIZATION ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL BOX IAW AMM 76-11-02. SYNCHRONIZATION AND ACCELERATION TESTS OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD.

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