Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
August 31, 2002
Submitted
September 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661AV
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
45969
Aircraft time
85,270 hours, 27,835 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT3D7
Engine time
64,283 hours, 21,314 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
563883
Part serial
6155209
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
64,283 hours, 21,314 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

WHILE SPOOLING ENGINES FOR TAKEOFF, NR 3 ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AT 1.1 EPR 80 PERCENT N2 BLEEDS OFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED PRESSURE RATIO BLEED CONTROL IAW DC-8 MM 75-30-0. CHECKED ENGINE RUN UP NORMAL IAW 71-00.

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