Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 27, 2007
Submitted
March 3, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N169PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53175
Aircraft time
46,917 hours, 32,144 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
43,851 hours, 30,112 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
76960615
Part serial
F8162
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
31,130 hours, 22,015 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 DUE TO RT ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE PARAMETERS WERE RT ENGINE N2 54 PERCENT, N1 29 PERCENT AND LT ENGINE N2 56 PERCENT, N1 26 PERCENT, EGT 472 RT AND 462 LT AND FUEL FLOW 87 RT AND 53 LT. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE RT FCU WAS REPLACED IAW MM 73-20-01 AND BOTH THRUST LEVERS WERE ADJUSTED IAW MM 76-11-00; FINALLY TRIM AND TEST WERE PERFORMED TO BOTH ENGINES IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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