Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
October 13, 2004
Submitted
October 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661AV
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
45969
Aircraft time
88,262 hours, 29,140 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT3D7
Engine time
48,245 hours, 15,182 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
71128726
Part serial
64791
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 4 ENGINE SLOW TO SPOOL AT MHLM AND DURING APPROACH ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST IDLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 4 ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 73-20-1 AND SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL ON ENGINE RUN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH MM 71-00. NO LEAKS NOTED, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL.

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