What was found
RT START VALVE WOULD NOT OPEN. REPLACED START DUCT AND SECURED LOOSE B-NUT.
- Difficulty date
- February 2, 2005
- Submitted
- February 7, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53267
- Aircraft time
- 37,828 hours, 29,154 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 40,283 hours, 32,001 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 8000 · Engine Starting System
- Part
- B-Nut
- Part number
- 809101012
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.