Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 11, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N909DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49540
Aircraft time
59,092 hours, 46,429 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
51,771 hours, 40,403 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
JT8D219
Part serial
718141
Condition
Bird Ingestion
Location
Nr 1
Part time
51,771 hours, 40,403 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

CREW REPORTS FLYING THRU A FLOCK OF BIRDS ON TAKEOFF. FOLLOWED BY REPEATED COMPRESSOR STALLS AND ENG ROLLED TO WINDMILL SPEED. CREW SHUT THE FUEL LEVER OFF. THEY DID NOT NOTICE THE OIL PRESSURE AFTER SHUTDOWN. WINDMILL APPRX 10MINC/W TRANSMITAL 9T102 NR 1 ENG CHANGE.

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