Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 28, 2017
Submitted
March 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N999DN
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53371
Aircraft time
65,961 hours, 47,348 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Engine
Condition
Vibration
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT LEVELED AT 370 AND POWER RETARDED, AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SMALL VIBRATION. VIBRATION FELT IN FLOOR AND YOKE AND WOULD CHANGE WITH POWER CHANGES. ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. WHEN LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AT GATE AND DECELERATED VIBRATION GOT WORSE AND AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY WOBBLED AS ENGINE SPUN DOWN.

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