Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
October 30, 2001
Submitted
November 1, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N30UA
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
45888
Aircraft time
59,612 hours, 50,590 cycles
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
430200
Part serial
19399
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

IN CRUISE AT FL 29.0 NR 1 ENGINE EGT FLUCTUATED FROM 210 C TO 380 C, ALL OTHER PARAMETERS AS FOLLOWS: EPR 1.74, N2 97.5 PERCENT, FF 4900 LBS, N1 102.5 PERCENT, OIL TEMP 76 C, OIL PRESS 52 PSI, OAT -19 C. PERFORMED IN-FLIGHT ENGINE SHUTDOWN ABNORMAL CHECKLIST. NOTE: WINDMILLING OIL PRESS 22 PSI, TIME 22:27 Z. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THREE EGT THERMOCOUPLES AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE #1 EGT INDICATOR IAW MM 77-20-1 AND 77-20-0 SYSTEM OPS CK NORMAL IAW 71-00 ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL.

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