Service difficulty report · Air Duct · Boeing 7572T7

Difficulty date
February 8, 2008
Submitted
February 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513NA
Make and model
Boeing 7572T7
Aircraft serial
23895
Aircraft time
60,460 hours, 25,362 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E4
Engine time
14,854 hours, 10,054 cycles
Part
Air Duct
Part number
312N53217
Part serial
12890903
Condition
Leaking
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

EICAS MESSAGE "L ENG OVHT" DISPLAYED, WITH "ENG OVHT" LIGHT ILLUM. LIGHT REMAINED ILLUM AFTER THRUST REDUCTION, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN , (LIGHT EXTINGUISHED INITIALLY AFTER THRUST REDUCTION BUT AFTER FEW SECONDS IT ILLUMINATED AGAIN). PERFORM FIM 26-11-00 AND FIM 71-05-00 FIG 121, FOUND EGT EXCEEDANCE 865°C FOR 33 SECONDS ON ZONE "A", AS PER FIG 121, IT IS WITHIN LIMITS. ALSO PERFORMED FIM 26-11-00, ALL ENGINE OVERHEAT DETECTION TEST OK. DUE ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT MM 71-99-00 PAGE 604 PARAGRAPH FOR -2B, WAS PERFORMED. DURING INSPECTION FOUND HP2 AND HP6 DUCTS EVIDENCE OF PLAY ON JUNCTION, CAUSING AIR LEAK. REF IPC, 75-00-51-01 FIG 1 PROCEDURE TO REPLACE, HP2 AND HP6 DUCTS PER AMM 36-11-01-401.

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