Service difficulty report · Turbine · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 10, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N931DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49718
Aircraft time
51,892 hours, 40,600 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
42,977 hours, 32,703 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part number
JT8D219
Part serial
725736
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
42,977 hours, 32,703 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN FLT RETURN RT ENG FAILURE DURING CLIMB-OUT NORMAL PWR T/O WITH ENG A/I ON. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. AT 1300' AGL BUMP NOISE LIKE A COMP STALL. PERFORM INITIAL ACTION ITEMS AND STARTED RETURN TO AIRPORT. PLANNED TO RUN ENG AT IDLE BUT APPROX 2-3 MIN ENG STARTED TO VIBRATE. CONT ENG FAILURE CKLIST AND SECURED RT ENG NORMAL LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ENG PER TRANSMITTAL 9T102.

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