Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
March 27, 2007
Submitted
March 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
48,168 hours, 28,421 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
43,316 hours, 26,233 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
JT8D219
Part serial
716781
Condition
Overspeed
Location
Left
Part time
43,316 hours, 26,233 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 REJECTED TAKEOFF AT 77 KNOTS DUE TO LT ENGINE REACHED ONLY 1.6 EPR WITH N1 104 PERCENT. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO THE SHOP. THE NRC A0111096 WAS ISSUED TO CHECK ENGINE PT2 AND PT7 LINES AND MANIFOLD BY LEAKS IAW MM 72-00-03, DETECTING A PT7 LINE LEAKING AND DELAMINATED, SO IT WAS REPLACED. ENGINE OVERSPEED AND OPERATIONAL TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 72-00-00 PAGE 516 PARAGRAPH 2H (3)(D), DETERMINING REPLACEMENT OF C1 IAW MM 72-00-00 AND MPCM 71-00-01, TESTED CORRECT. ADDITIONALLY, CHIP DETECTORS, EXHAUST PRESSURE PROBES, THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT AND ENGINE TRIM WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 77-11-04, 76-00-00 AND 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT. AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION, LT EPR TRAN

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