Service difficulty report · Sense Line · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
December 5, 2011
Submitted
December 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21452
Aircraft time
52,750 hours, 37,535 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Engine time
52,655 hours, 37,454 cycles
Part
Sense Line
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

REJECTED TAKE OFF DUE LOW NR 2 EPR INDICATION. REJECTED TAKE OFF AT 80 KTS AND APPLIED BRAKES AT 60KTS, NO BRAKE COOLING REQUIRED. ON SUBSEQUENT TAKE OFF NORMAL EPR WAS OBTAINED, BUT IT REQUIRED ALMOST FULL THROTTLE THROW ON NR 2 (LARGE SPLIT). OPENED NR 2 ENGINE COWLING REF MM 77-11-031-6-0 AND INSPECTED EPR SENSE LINES BOTH PT7, PT2, NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE NOTED IAW REF MM 77-11-011-4, DISCONNECTED SENSE LINES & FORCED AIR THROUGH CLEANING LINES. RECONNECTED LINES & CLOSED NACELLE. PERFORMED TAKE OFF EPR TEST. ALL INDIACTIONS NORMAL. NR 1 & 2 ENGINE THROTTLES EVEN, BUT NR 3 WAS AT LEAST 1 KNOB BEHIND. NO NOISE THROTTLE ALIGNMENT REQUESTED.