Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 17, 2000
Submitted
July 24, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53266
Aircraft time
26,508 hours, 20,798 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tail
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT THUR 1200 FT, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI LIGHT CAME ON EVEN WITH BOTH A/C SUPPLY SWITCHES IN HP BLEED OFF. LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN CLIMB THRUST APPLIED. FOUND A/C WATER SEPARATOR TO CHECK VALVE DUCT CRACKED. REMOVED DUCT WELDED CRACK PER ERA 377908-14, INSTALLED DUCT, LEAK CKS OK. REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT COMPARTMENT HI TEMP SENSORS, RAN ENGINES, SYS OPS CHECKS OK.

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