SDR CA960311030

Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 727217

Difficulty date: March 2, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Make and model: Boeing 727217
Engine: Pwa JT8D17
System (JASC): 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
Part: Engine
Condition: Failed
Location: Nr 3
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: J
Precautionary procedure: E

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

What was found

(CAN) #3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THRUST REDUCED TO IDLE. OIL PRESSURE BYPASS LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS CONTINUED TO BE NORMAL. THUST WAS RESTORED TO CRUISE POWER AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FUEL FLOW, N2 AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. ENGINE REPLACED AND CHECKED AS PER MM.