Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 727290

Difficulty date
May 5, 2005
Submitted
May 10, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N295AS
Make and model
Boeing 727290
Aircraft serial
22147
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
Epr Transducer
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

UPON APPLICATION OF T/O THRUST (FULL), NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE FULL EPR OF 2.14 ONLY 2.05. ALL OTHER PARAMETERS IN YELLOW ARC + POWER LEVER AT FORWARD STOP. ENGINES 2 + 3 POWER LEVERS APPROX 1 1/2 KNOBS BEHIND NR 1 POWER LEVER. (TEMP 31DEG C) ADJUSTED NR 1 ENG THRUST CONTROL SYSTEM. RAN ENGINES AND OBSERVED PARAMETERS. THROTTLES ALIGNED WITH TAKEOFF PWR. BUT EPR READING LOW AT NR 1 ENG. TAKEOFF POWER AVAILABLE BY MEANS OF 99.9% N1 TACH. INDICATION VERIFICATION. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING NR 1 ENGINE FOUND EPR READING LOW BY .05. NR 1 ENG EPR IND INOP INSP SYSTEM. TIGHTENED CONNECTIONS ON HARD LINE NEAR GANG DRAIN. TIGHTENED LOOSE PLUG ON EPR TRANSDUCER PERFORMED ENG OPS. TARGETS REACHED.