Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 16, 2018
Submitted
April 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9621A
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53592
Aircraft time
54,990 hours, 27,231 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
B18D18
Part serial
3C980033
Condition
Faulted
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENROUTE, LEFT ENGINE OUTLET AND RISE WENT TO FULL SCALE HIGH. DISCONNECTED CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE. NR 1 GENERATOR FAILURE AND APU WOULD NOT START. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, FLIGHT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CENTRIFUGAL SWITCH ON APU AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK IAW AMM 49-60-01. REPLACED THE CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE, OIL COOLER, AND GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-10-01, 24-10-03, AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED

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