SDR ABXA050235

Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC941

Difficulty date
September 22, 2005
Submitted
September 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N960AX
Make and model
Doug DC941
Aircraft serial
47762
Aircraft time
38,888 hours, 43,499 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Engine time
54,120 hours, 58,430 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 1
Part time
1 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT SPOOL UP DURING APPROACH. WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, ENGINE WOULD NOT START, COMPRESSOR STALLED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDED WITH ENGINE AT IDLE POWER. SERVICED FUEL CONTROL UNIT WITH 6 ML OF SILICON OIL IAW P&W JT8D-11 MM 73-21-01. LUBRICATED PRBC IAW JT8D MM 75-30-00. RAN ENGINE AND BLEED, SCHEDULING CHECKED NORMAL. NR 1 ENGINE ACCELERATION MATCHED NR 2 ENGINE. NOTE: PROBLEM REPEATED ON SYSTEM OPS DATE OF 9-23-05. ON L/P 32844-82/1&2, DELAY REPORT 14782, REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE.

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