Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 13, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N934DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49721
Aircraft time
34,007 hours, 27,813 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
30,347 hours, 24,685 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
13277503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE CLIMBING THRU 11K FT NR 2 ENG FIREALOOP ILLUMINATED AT 13K FT NR 2 FIREBELL WARNING HANDLE ILLUMINATED. THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. UPON ENG INSP FOUND DUCT BETWEEN 13TH STAGE DUCT AND NOSE COWL ANTI ICE VALVE CRACKED. REPLACED DUCT AND PERFORMED ENG RUN PER PFHB. LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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