Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
June 2, 2007
Submitted
June 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AN
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53183
Aircraft time
33,513 hours, 32,797 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
35,721 hours, 20,119 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT TO ABOUT 11000 FT, A BIRD IMPACT OCCURRED ON THE LEFT ENGINE, PARAMETER DROP 1.4 EPR THEN ALL PARAMETERS CAME BACK TO NORMAL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH EWO 83-72-7309 LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 71-00-00 PAGE 501 WAS PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT/TEST AND CONDITIONS ARE SATISFACTORY FOR OPTIMUM OPERATION.

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