Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 5, 2005
Submitted
April 8, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N755RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49727
Aircraft time
31,887 hours, 21,420 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
38,575 hours, 27,101 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
76960615
Part serial
F9210
Condition
Failed
Location
Right Engine
Part time
36,483 hours, 21,529 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, 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 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DURING RIGHT ENGINE STARTED, ACCELERATION INCREASED SLOWLY. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS VERIFIED AND FOUND ALL CORRECT. THE FCU WAS REPLACED IAW MM 73-20-01 AND ACCELERATION CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT. DUE TO THE TYPE OF FAILURE, RIGHT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW 71-00-02, TESTED CORRECT.

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