Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
August 11, 2009
Submitted
August 14, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N713AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22469
Aircraft time
60,552 hours, 33,225 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Broken
Location
Hi Press Air Sup
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE ACFT WAS PASSING THRU 26000 FT THE NR 3 ENG BEGAN TO COMPRESSOR STALL. CREW PERFORMED APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP WAS PERFORMED. THE NR 3 ENG PRBC WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. WHILE REPLACING THE PRBC IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BLEED CONTROL HIGH PRESSURE AIR SUPPLY TUBE WAS BROKEN AT THE B-NUT. LINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, OPS AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.