Service difficulty report · Bracket · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 30, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N910DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49541
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Bracket
Part number
JT8D219
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
15,355 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON LANDING HAD EXCESSIVE SMOKE COMING FROM NR 2 ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED. FOUND FUEL LEAK AT NOZZLE AREA OF ENGINE, ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND ROUTED TO SHOP FOR INVESTIGATION. UPON SHOP DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE IT WAS FOUND THAT BRACKETPART NR 773243 HAD BROKEN AND A PIECE OF THE BRACKET HAD WEDGED BETWEEN THE FUEL MANIFOLD P/N 806266 AND CHAFED A HOLE IN THE MANIFOLD CAUSING THE FUEL LEAK.

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