Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 13, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49659
Aircraft time
47,950 hours, 35,105 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
41,156 hours, 35,105 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AC RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO IGNITION FAILURE IN LT ENGINE. MAINT REPLACED IGNITION BOX IAW MM 74-10-01, TESTED CORRECT. AC WAS DISPATCHED AND RETURNED TO PLATFORM AGAIN DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE. LT ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH EMERGENCY INVERTER, AND BREAKERS R2-91 AND R2-92 WERE CHECKED BUT FAILURE CONTINUED, SO FAILURE WAS DEFERRED BY MEL 74-2. AT MEX THE BREAKER B1-424 WAS REPLACED AND TESTED IAW MM 74-00-00 AND 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT. THE DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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