Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
July 24, 2004
Submitted
July 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
40,494 hours, 23,571 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
16,934 hours, 10,593 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
Illuminated
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, LT ENGINE WITH LOW POWER AND IN IDLE POSITION TEMPERATURE REACHED 485 DEGREE (C) OUT OF LIMITS. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, THRUST LEVER TRIM WAS CHECKED IAW MM 76-11-00, LT ENGINE BLEED VALVES WERE LUBRICATED IAW MM 75-30-00, THERMOCOUPLE NR 4 WAS REPLACED IAW MM 77-21-03 AND TRIMMING WAS PERFORMED IN BOTH ENGINES IAW MM 71-00-01, TESTS CORRECT.

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