Service difficulty report · Powerplant · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
September 5, 2007
Submitted
September 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
49,476 hours, 29,241 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Powerplant
Condition
Overspeed
Location
Right
Part time
42,025 hours, 29,191 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED WINDSHEAR DURING APPROACH AND ATS DISCONNECTED, SPEED DECREASED, SO AUTOTHOTTLES WERE SET TO THE MAXIMUM POWER. AT PLATFORM, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DOWNLOAD THE ENGINES INFORMATION FROM THE MINIQAR DETECTING THAT THE RT ENGINE HAD VALUES OF N1 103.4 WITH AN EPR OF 2.16, OUT OF LIMITS IAW MM 72-00-00. RT ENGINE WAS REPLACED IAW MPCM 71-00-02 AND OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MPCM 71-00-01, ALL CORRECT.

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