# SDR CA970217002

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 3, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Boeing 727225
- Engine: Pwa JT8D7B
- System (JASC): [7322 · Fuel Control/Reciprocating Engines](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7322)
- Part: Fuel Control
- Condition: Faulty
- Location: #3 Engine
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A, F
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA970217002

## Discrepancy

(CAN) ON DEPARTURE THE CREW NOTICED EXCESSIVE DUCT PRESSURE AND A DROP OF E.P.R. ON #3 ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. POST FLIGHT MAINTENANCE TROUBLE SHOOTING REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT; PRESSURE RATIO BLEED CONTROL VALVE AND THE START BLEED CONTROL VALVE. A BOROSCOPE INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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