Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 5, 2004
Submitted
July 9, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N946AS
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49658
Aircraft time
49,016 hours, 28,076 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
22,536 hours, 19,875 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Part time
22,536 hours, 19,875 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED, RT ENGINE FAILED. CAPTAIN REPORTED DURING TAKE OFF AT 111 KNOTS, RT ENGINE EXPERIMENTED AN EXPLOSION WITH DROPPED OF PARAMETERS AND LOW FUEL FLOW, REACHED 770 DEGREES (F). DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, RT ENGINE WAS DETECTED WITH FAN JAMMED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE, T3 AND T4 SECTION WITH BLADES DAMAGED IN 90 PERCENT AND NGV´S DAMAGED. RT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 71-00-00, TEST CORRECT. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE ANALYSIS WILL BE SENT AS SUPPLEMENT.

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