Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 727228

Difficulty date
March 8, 2001
Submitted
March 8, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724DH
Make and model
Boeing 727228
Aircraft serial
19862
Engine
Pwa JT8D7
Part
Valve
Condition
Saturated
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLING AT THRUST LEVELS ANYWHERE ABOVE IDLE. N1 FLUCTUATING 3 TO 4 PERCENT (UNSTABLE) N1 INDICATING 28 TO 33 PERCENT, N2 52 PERCENT AFTER COMPRESSOR STALL. EXIT TEMP AT 390 FUEL HEAT AND ENGINE ANTI-ICE TRIED. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND PRBC SOAKED WITH WATER. CLEANED (AIR), PERFORMED ENGINE RUN IAW JRH, CH 7.9, PAGE 13, NO DEFECTS NOTED.