Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 19, 2005
Submitted
April 22, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N214AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49585
Aircraft time
35,807 hours, 29,973 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
39,121 hours, 27,512 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Dirty
Location
Oil Pressure
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 PUSH BACK, LT ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY AND AFTER RT ENGINE STARTED, THE LT ENGINE PRESSURE DECREASE TO 35 PSI’S. DURING REVISION WAS DETECTED OVERFILL OIL. THE EXCESS OIL WAS DRAINED AND PRESS OIL TRANSMITTER CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED. THE LT ENGINE WAS TESTED AND THE PRESSURE WAS STABILIZED AT 40 PSI’S WITH LIGHT TURNED ON AND LT GENERATOR WITH LOW FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN LT BAR, ACCELERATED TO 1.65 AT EPR AND VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY STABILIZED WITH OIL PRESSURE ON 42 PSI. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE THE LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS ADJUSTED IAW MM AND OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM , ALL CORRECT.

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