Service difficulty report · Hose · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
July 26, 2005
Submitted
July 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49404
Aircraft time
45,775 hours, 29,576 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
39,112 hours, 26,898 cycles
Part
Hose
Part number
7958537501
Part serial
SS
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
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 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF WHEN LEFT ENGINE WAS STARTED, IT DID NOT REACH THE MINIMUM IDLE VALUES. DURING TAXING, ENGINE WAS ACCELERATED TO 80% OF RPM AND IT ONLY REACHED EPR 1.00, N1 18 PERCENT, N2 43 PERCENT, EGT 520 AND FF 400 KGPM. TWO CLICKS OF ADJUSTMENT WAS PERFORMED TO FCU AND THE LEFT ENGINE WAS STARTED REACHING N2 54 PERCENT, N1 28 PERCENT AND EGT 400, STARTING THE RIGHT ENGINE WITH SIMILAR PARAMETERS. THE ENGINES WERE TESTED IAW 71-00-01, ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE PT2 AND PT7 HOSES WERE REPLACED IAW MM 72-00-03, THE EPRS SYSTEM WAS VERIFIED IAW MM 77-11-01, ACCELERATORS ADJUSTMENT WAS CHECKED AND TRIM TO BOTH ENGINES WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 76-11-00 AND MM 71-00-00

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