Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
October 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N10791
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20645
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Gearbox
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
71,924 hours
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

THE NR 3 ENGINE LOST OIL QUANTITY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE LOSS OF OIL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND ILLUMINATION OF FORWARD PANEL LIGHT. FUEL WAS DUMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SJU WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 3 ENGINE GEARBOX LEAKING. THE NR 3 ENGINE GEARBOX WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.