What was found
ON ENG START WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ENGINE PAST 16 PERCENT AND A TAILPIPE FIRE ENSUED. REPLACED SEIZED STARTER.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2003
- Submitted
- October 24, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N997DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53364
- Aircraft time
- 32,129 hours, 25,006 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 36,672 hours, 29,206 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 8000 · Engine Starting System
- Part
- Starter
- Condition
- Seized
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- F
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.