Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 10, 2004
Submitted
December 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N190AN
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53190
Aircraft time
19,366 hours, 19,471 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
21,898 hours, 24,519 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Part time
21,898 hours, 24,519 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB AT 15000 FEET, SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE LT ENGINE, EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WERE PERFORMED. LT ENGINE WAS CHANGED IAW AMM 71-00-00 PAGE 401. TEST WITH ENGINE RUN UP WERE PERFORMED IAW AMM 71-00-00 PAGE BLOCK 501 WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. BOROSCOPE WAS PERFORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: T1 BLADES: NORMAL, T2 BLADES: SOME MINOR DAMAGES, T3 / T4 BLADES: MISSING, PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION : T3 / T4 BLADE FAILURE.

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