Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
October 5, 2017
Submitted
October 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N702TW
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
28162
Aircraft time
74,790 hours, 20,800 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
54,580 hours, 15,864 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

REACHING FL390, AFTER LEVEL OFF, LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE THRUST REDUCTIONS WITH ACCOMPANYING AIRCRAFT VIBRATIONS. AFTER EACH SEPARATE REDUCTION & VIBRATION, THE ENGINE RECOVERED NORMAL OPS. NO LIMIT EXCEEDED AND MC NOTIFIED. COMPLETED QRH PROCEDURE FOR ENGINE LIMIT, SURGE, & STALL. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL AND PERFORMED ENGINE RUN, NO LEAKS AND OPS CHECK NORMAL IAW AMM 73-21. REPLACED EEC PT2/TT2 PROBE IAW AMM 73-21. AND PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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