What was found
AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, ENGINE NR 2 WITHOUT IGNITION. CAPTAIN PERFORMED ENGINE START IN OVERRIDE POSITION AND FAIL CONTINUED. EXCITER IGNITION BOX WAS REPLACED IAW MM 74-10-01, TEST CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- June 13, 2004
- Submitted
- June 15, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N216AM
- Make and model
- Doug DC987
- Aircraft serial
- 49586
- Aircraft time
- 33,411 hours, 27,384 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 30,212 hours, 24,077 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7412 · Exciter
- Part
- Exciter
- Part number
- 103538754
- Part serial
- 93248370
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Rt Engine
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.