Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 26, 2018
Submitted
June 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53380
Aircraft time
68,180 hours, 49,896 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
54,233 hours, 40,459 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

IN-FLIGHT SHUTDOWN AND DIVERSION TO GSP. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT AT FL320 A SLIGHT ODOR AND VIBRATION OCCURRED; BOTH WENT AWAY THEN THE LEFT ENGINE OIL FILTER CLOG INDICATION ILLUMINATED AND THE VIBRATION RETURNED. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE THE FLIGHT CREW WAS PERFORMING THE QRH PROCEDURES FOR OIL FILTER CLOG MESSAGE. MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL ON THE CHIP DETECTOR AND IN THE OIL FILTER. THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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