Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
May 15, 2005
Submitted
May 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53050
Aircraft time
43,039 hours, 31,297 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
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 LEFT GENERATOR FREQUENCY WITH OSCILLATION. MEL 24-1 PROCEDURE WAS APPLIED. AGAIN AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF LEFT ENGINE WAS NOT ACCELERATED. ACCELERATION CHAMBER WERE DRAINED AND LUBRICATED IAW MM 73-20-03, TESTED CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE LEVEL OIL AND CHIP DETECTOR WERE VERIFIED, LEFT ENGINE SLOW ACCELERATION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IAW 71-00-00 AND LEFT GENERATOR WAS TESTED IAW MM 24-10-00, ALL CORRECT. DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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