SDR CA970212002

Service difficulty report · Clamp · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date: October 20, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Make and model: Boeing 727225
Engine: Pwa JT8D7
System (JASC): 7532 · Compressor Bleed Valve
Part: Clamp
Part number: BACC10DU300Y
Condition: Wrong Size
Location: Nr 3 Eng Strut
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: M
Precautionary procedure: J, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB #3 ENGINE STRUT OVERTEMPERATURE HEAT LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE BLEED SELECTED OFF. LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT. THRUST LEVER RETARDED TO 1.6 EPR, LIGHT OUT. FUEL DUMPED, LANDED. CLAMP LEAKING UP STREAM OF 13 STAGE MODULATING AND SHUT OFF VALVE, WOULD NOT TIGHTEN, CLAMP WRONG SIZE, TOO LARGE. REPLACED.