Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 14, 2000
Submitted
August 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21432
Aircraft time
64,342 hours, 49,092 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Engine time
51,159 hours, 37,719 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Nr 1 Pylon
Part time
51,159 hours, 37,719 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENG NR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CLIMB PASSING FL 250. COMPLETED WITH POM PROCEDURES, LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISH WITH THROTTLE AT IDLE. NR 1 BLEED SWITCH HAS NO EFFECT. DIVERTED TO DFW. FOUND HI STAGE PNEUMATIC -Y- DUCT IN PYLON RUPTURED. REPLACED SAME, ALSO REPLACED NR 1 ENG BLEED S/O VALVE AS PRECAUTIONARY. RAN ENG LEAK CKS GOOD.