Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
August 17, 2005
Submitted
August 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
43,731 hours, 25,595 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Engine
Part number
JT8D219
Part serial
716784
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Right
Part time
42,477 hours, 28,470 cycles
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, DURING RT ENGINE START, THE RT START VALVE OPEN LIGHT FLASHED AT 40 PERCENT RPM, N2 DECREASED TO 35 PERCENT AND RETURNED TO 50-56 PERCENT, 20 SECONDS AFTER THAT ENGINE STOPPED. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION WAS DETECTED METAL FLAKES IN THE RT ENGINE GEARBOX. THE RT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 71-00-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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