Service difficulty report · Filter · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 13, 2006
Submitted
March 15, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AM
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49188
Aircraft time
61,168 hours, 45,659 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D217A
Engine time
60,272 hours, 45,037 cycles
Part
Filter
Condition
Dirty
Location
Fuel Sys
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

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING TAXING LT ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WITH THRUST LEVER FULLY FORWARDED, RETURNING TO PLATFORM. DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETECTED THAT THE LT ENGINE ACCELERATED VERY SLOWLY, SO THRUST BUMP PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED WITH ENGINES RUNNING, TESTED CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK THE ACCELERATION CAM WAS LUBRICATED, FILTER PS3 WAS CLEANED AND ENGINE RUNNING TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 73-00-00, 75-00-00 AND 71-00-00 RESPECTIVELY, ALL CORRECT.

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