Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
April 15, 2006
Submitted
April 17, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49586
Aircraft time
38,972 hours, 30,981 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
39,253 hours, 27,136 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
LG80E1
Part serial
G1091
Condition
Failed
Location
Left Epr
Part time
30,123 hours, 23,303 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE LEFT ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE WITH EPR'S ON 1.4 AND EGT'S LIGHT BLINKING. WATER TRAMP WAS DRAINED AND ACCELERATION CHAMBER WAS LUBRICATED IAW MM 73-20-03 AND 73-20-01. DURING ENGINES TEST, EPR INDICATION FAILURE WAS SHOWN. EPRS TRANSMITTERS WERE INTERCHANGED AND ENGINES WERE TESTED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT. AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED BUT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AGAIN WITH THE EPR'S INDICATION FAILURE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. EPR'S INDICATOR WAS REPLACED IAW MM 77-11-00 AND ENGINES WERE TESTED, ALL CORRECT.

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