Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 24, 2004
Submitted
April 27, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53050
Aircraft time
39,588 hours, 29,262 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
56B17
Part serial
H02966
Condition
Damaged
Location
Oil Temp
Part time
9,272 hours, 6,814 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT HMO AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ENGINE NR 1 WITH OIL TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS BETWEEN 110 AND 137 DEGREES F AND OIL PRESSURE OF 47 PSI. DURING CRUISE THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS 120 DEGREES F, DURING DESCENT THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS 160 DEGREES F, APPROXIMATELY TO SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE, AND OIL PRESSURE WAS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 PSI. THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND FAIL CONTINUE. CABLES WERE CHECKED AND SENSOR AND INDICATOR CABLES WERE GROUNDED. CABLES WERE ISOLATED AND ENGINE RUNNING WAS PERFORMED. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE LEFT TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED IAW MM 79-32-01 AND ENGINE RUNNING WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00. CABLES WERE REPAIRED.

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