Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 21, 2003
Submitted
October 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N998DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53370
Aircraft time
32,163 hours, 24,967 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Separated
Location
Pneumatic Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION IN FLOOR FROM AFT F/A SEAT ON BACK, STARTED WHEN POWER APPLIED DURING T/O RUN. SLIGHTLY MORE NOTICEABLE ON C/P SIDE DURING FLIGHT NOISE AND VIBRATION WOULD INCREASE AS POWER INCREASE AND DECREASE AS THROTTLE RETARDED. FOUND PNEUMATIC DUCT SEPARATED. REPAIRED SAME.

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