Service difficulty report · Fcu · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
March 25, 2004
Submitted
April 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N945AS
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49643
Aircraft time
49,095 hours, 28,117 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
37,065 hours, 25,688 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
76960615
Part serial
13726
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
9,026 hours, 5,336 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
D, E

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE. PARAMETERS WERE CHECKED AND WERE NORMAL IAW MM 71-00-01. ENGINE WAS SHUTOFF AND PURGE VALVES WERE CHECKED IAW MM 75-31-01. RIGHT FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED IAW MM 73-20-01 AND ACCELERATION TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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