Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2009
Submitted
May 4, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
57,740 hours, 11,817 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2D1F
Engine time
49,131 hours, 10,389 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

FROM CAN AT FL331, RECEIVED LVL2 "ENG 2 OIL FILTER" ALERT RAN QRH PROCEDURE, NO HELP. SHUT DOWN ENG NR 2. ALERT REMAINED FOR DURATION OF ELT. PERFORMED NR 2 ENG INSPECTION FOUND MASTER CHIP DETECTOR HEAVILY COVER BY METALLIC SILVER FLAKES, REMOVED OIL FILTER ELEMENT AND FOUND HEAVY CONTAMINATED BY METALLIC SILVER,CONSULTED WITH MOCC AND NEEDED CHANGE NR 2 ENG PER FIM79-00-03 FIG.105. REMOVED NR 2 ENG AS PER W/C 71T0002-GE NR 2 ENG REMOVAL. INSTALLED NR 2 ENG PER W/C 71T0902-GE, PERFORMED ENG RUN TEST NORMAL PER JRH.

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