Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
December 22, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78019
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
20527
Engine
Pwa JT9D7A
Part
Seal
Part number
BACP11P216
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE NR 4 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO DROP WHILE EN ROUTE FROM HNL TO NRT. THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT WHILE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED INTO THE AMBER ZONE. THE LIGHT BECAME STEADY WHEN PRESSURE REACHED RED LINE. THE PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DECREASE AND THE OIL TEMP INCREASED FROM 99 TO 105 DEGREES DURING RETURN TO HNL. THE OIL QUANTITY REMAINED PEGGED FULL THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 4 ENGINE STARTER DRIVE SEAL LEAKING. THE SEAL WAS FLAT AND CRACKED. THE SEAL WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS SERVICED WITH OIL. THE ENGINE WAS RUN AND LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.