Service difficulty report · Thermocouple · Doug DC1040F

Difficulty date
May 17, 2008
Submitted
May 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N140WE
Make and model
Doug DC1040F
Aircraft serial
46920
Aircraft time
63,771 hours, 46,316 cycles
Part
Thermocouple
Part number
744471B
Part serial
23366
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT NR 2 ENGINE EGT INDICATOR FLUCTUATING 20 TO 30 DEGREES BOTH POINTER AND COUNTER, ALL OTHER PARAMETERS NORMAL. TROUBLE SHOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAFY MANUAL 77-21-00, FOUND THERMO COUPLE SHORTED AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AND HARNESS ISOLATION HIGH, REMOVED AND REPLACED HARNESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 77-21-05. INSTALLED PROBE IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 77-21-00. SAFETY WIRED EGT PROBE IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 70-00-00. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK ON ENGINE RUN-UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 71-00-00, FOUND NORMAL, NO FLUCTUATION NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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