Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 30, 2005
Submitted
May 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
4,288 hours, 25,112 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
41,650 hours, 27,997 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Right
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 CAPTAIN REPORTED DID NOT HAVE ACCELERATION IN RIGHT ENGINE. DURING CHECK BOTH ENGINES WERE DETECTED STABILIZED AT 52 PERCENT OF N2, TESTS WERE CORRECT. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND TRIM TO BOTH ENGINES WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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