Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
June 30, 2005
Submitted
July 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49404
Aircraft time
45,559 hours, 29,438 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
38,659 hours, 28,787 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Right
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 RIGHT ENGINE WITH N2 OUT OF LIMITS AFTER STARTED AT 46 PERCENT. THE ENGINE WAS ADJUSTED IN LOW RPM'S IAW MM 71-00-00, PARAMETERS WERE BETWEEN LIMITS (N2 :54 PERCENT AND EGT: 440), TESTED CORRECT.

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