Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 10, 2004
Submitted
September 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N162PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49765
Aircraft time
43,300 hours, 30,587 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
34,117 hours, 24,737 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
76960615
Part serial
F40879
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
14,870 hours, 9,201 cycles
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, DURING TAKE OFF RT GENERATOR FAILED. RT ENGINE WAS INDICATED 530 DEGREE C, WITH OUT EPR AND FUEL FLOW INDICATION. FCU, PT7 TEST POINT WERE CHECKED, ACCELERATION CAMERA WAS LUBRICATED AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITH N1 24 PERCENT, N2 53 PERCENT EGT 435 DEGREES C, EPR 1.03, F/F 900 AND FAIL CONTINUE. FCU WAS REPLACED IAW MM 73-12-02, BOROSCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 72-00-00, ALL CORRECT AND TRIMMING WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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