Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 8, 2005
Submitted
June 10, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
56,969 hours, 27,359 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
38,277 hours, 25,152 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
109382351
Part serial
16750
Condition
Fod
Location
Left
Part time
3,294 hours, 1,974 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TRANSIT TO PLATFORM WITH APU OUT OF SERVICE AND THE LEFT ENGINE DID OPERATE, IT HAD AN FOD DUE TO INGESTION OF WOOD CHOCK. DURING REVISION WERE DETECTED FOUR BLADES AND NOISE SUPPRESSOR WITH LEAST DAMAGES AND THERE WERE REWORKED IAW 72-33-22. BOROSCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED TO THE SIX, SEVEN AND THIRTEEN STAGES, BEING ALL CORRECT. THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT. THE FCU AND PNEUMATIC SHUT OFF VALVE APU WERE REPLACED IAW 49-30-01, CONTINUED PNEUMATIC APU OUT OF SERVICE.

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