Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
October 15, 2006
Submitted
October 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N861LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49826
Aircraft time
50,692 hours, 31,705 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
23,017 hours, 14,217 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
J8D219
Part serial
728169
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Left
Part time
23,017 hours, 14,217 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED, DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE ON LT ENGINE. CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 630 DEGREE (C) AND VIBRATION WAS PRESENT, LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, METALLIC CHIPS WERE DETECTED ON ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR AND FILTER. LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND TESTED IAW MM 71-00-02 AND 72-00-01, ALL CORRECT. FLIGHT RECORDER WAS REMOVED TO READ PARAMETERS AND OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO AIRPLANE LANDED WITH 118,720 POUNDS AND MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 139,500 POUNDS.

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