Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
August 27, 2016
Submitted
November 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N342AM
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft serial
34262
Aircraft time
33,526 hours, 15,487 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
8283005
Part serial
YA013910P
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Part time
40,631 hours, 19,373 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT DUE TO DURING CLIMB AT FL 170´, THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED THRUST DETERIORATION AT A SHOW RATE, THE LEFT ENGINE THRUST LEVER WAS ADVANCED TO THE FULL THRUST POSITION WITHIN INDICATION OF THRUST INCREASING AT ALL PARAMETERS. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND THE NRC´S A0241280 AND A0241281 WERE ISSUED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED LEFT ENGINE BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE IAW AMM TASK 72-00-00-200-807-F00, NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND AND FUEL PUMP PACKAGE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW FIM 73-31 TASK 803 AND TASK 73-11-01-200-801-F00, SHOWING FAILURE CODE 73-11551; SO THE FUEL PUMP PACKAGE, HMU AND FUEL NOZZLE FILTER WERE REPLACED I.A.W. AMM 73-11-01, AMM 73-21-10 AND AMM 73-11-03 AND OPERATIONAL TESTS 12-13, 3A AND 13A WERE PERFORMED IAW AMM 73-00-00, TESTED CORRECT. THE OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 49,700 KILOGRAMS AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LANDING WEIGHT IS 65,317 KILOGRAMS.

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