Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 24, 2004
Submitted
January 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49543
Aircraft time
46,445 hours, 37,844 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
34,858 hours, 26,955 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
34,858 hours, 26,955 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

SHUT DOWN RT ENGINE IN FLIGHT AFTER T/O AND CLEANUP. THE RT ENG STARTED SURGING, RT GEN DROP OFF AND ON. SHUT DOWN RT ENG IAW MANUAL. ENGINE WINDMILL FOR APPROX 10-12 MIN, TOTAL TIME FROM OFF TO ON WAS 20 MIN. WINDMILL OIL PRESS >10 PSI. PERFORMED WINDMILL INSP AND REPLACED ENG OIL FILTER PER M/M. REMOVED AND REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL. PERFORMED IDLE CHECK, PART PWR CHECK, AND T/O POWER CHECK PER PFHB. ALL TEST ARE GOOD.

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