Service difficulty report · Adapter · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
September 18, 2001
Submitted
September 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48479
Aircraft time
39,734 hours, 5,300 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
39,372 hours, 5,396 cycles
Part
Adapter
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
39,372 hours, 5,396 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

OIL QTY ON ENG 3 DROPPED RAPIDLY TO 1 QT AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN FLIGHT . INITIALLY OIL PRESSURE WAS GOOD, SLOWLY DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GREEN BAND 90 PSI. THE ENGINE WAS OPERATED AT IDLE UNTIL LANDING WITH THIS OIL PRESSURE. ON DECEL DURING ROLLOUT PRESSURE WENT RED IT WAS THEN SHUT DOWN. FOUND OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE SERVO OIL RETURN LINE ADAPTER BROKEN. REPLACED AND CKD CHIP DETS, ALL OK. REPLACED MAIN OIL FILTER, NO METAL. RAN ENG T/O POWER, ALL CKS OK.

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