Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
October 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Switch
Part number
42D107A1
Condition
Faulty
Location
#2 Eng Oil Press
Stage of operation
DE
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) ON DESCENT #2 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE/FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OIL TEMPERATURE, OIL QUANTITY AND OIL PRESSURE ALL INDICATED NORMAL. POWER WAS REDUCED, LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH, #2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND ENGINE GROUND RUN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAULT. OIL BYPASS SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED AND DEFERRED FOR THE NEXT DAYS FLIGHT TO CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, WHICH CHECKED OK AT THE DAYS END. PRECAUTIONARY REPLACEMENT OF THE #2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS CARRIED OUT.