Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 20, 2000
Submitted
May 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22048
Aircraft time
58,766 hours, 43,636 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Engine time
61,780 hours, 47,712 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
JT8D15AHK
Part serial
695370
Condition
Broken
Location
Oil Transmitter
Part time
61,780 hours, 47,712 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NUMBER 3 OIL TEMP WAS FLUCTUATING UP TO THE UPPER PEG. OIL QTY WAS SLOWLY DECREASING TO 1.4, OIL PRESS WAS NORMAL AT 50 PSI. ENG WAS SHUTDOWN IN FLT. ALL OTHER PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. FOUND BROKEN WIRE AT CANNON PLUG TO OIL TEMP TRANSMITTER. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AND REPLACED CANNON PLUG. RAN ENGINE, NO OIL LEAKS.