Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 5, 2002
Submitted
December 17, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N958DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49977
Aircraft time
35,124 hours, 27,923 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
33,246 hours, 26,583 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
809001043
Condition
Inoperative
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

RT ENGINE START VALVE OPEN MESSAGE DURING CLIMB OUT FLT 250. REDUCED ENGINE TO IDLE PER POM, MESSAGE CLEARED. ILLUMINATED OIL TEMP RT ENGINE 125 DEG VERSUS 85 ON LT. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETRS NORMAL. DIVERTED TO RDU. REPLACED START VALVE.

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