Service difficulty report · Csd · Boeing 720023B

Difficulty date
September 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 720023B
Engine
Pwa JT3D1
Part
Csd
Part number
700842A
Condition
Failed
Location
Quill Shaft
Component
Sundstrand
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) ON GROUND CHECK PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE NR1 ENGINE GENERATOR CAME OFF LINE AND COULD NOT BE RESET, SO CONSTANT SPEED UNIT/GENERATOR ASSEMBLY WAS DISCONNECTED AND FLIGHT WAS CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED. ON DISASSEMBLY, OF THE CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE (CSD), THE OIL LEVEL WAS FOUND TO BE BELOW MINIMUM AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CARBON SEAL WAS BROKEN AT THE GENERATOR END OF THE CSD. THE QUILL SHAFT WAS ALSO BROKEN AT THE ENGINE END OF THE CSD.

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