Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 75727B

Difficulty date
July 16, 2012
Submitted
July 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916FD
Make and model
Boeing 75727B
Aircraft serial
24137
Aircraft time
66,780 hours, 23,584 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E4
Engine time
65,623 hours, 22,884 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
312N53061
Part serial
12631673
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CLIMB, PASSING FL 300 AT CLIMB POWER EICAS MSG "LT ENGINE OVERHEAT" COMPLIED WITH QRH. ENGINE WAS AT IDLE WITH LIGHT REMAINING ON. IN PROCESS OF ABOUT TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. LT ENGINE REMAINED AT IDLE UNTIL TAXI-IN AND SHUTDOWN. LEFT ENGINE HP2 OUTLET DUCT ASSY AND THE HP6 DUCT ASSY WAS REPLACED AS PER AMM 36-11-01-4-1. OPS CHECK OF THE AIR SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED AS PER AMM 36-11-00-5 WITH ALL OPS NORMAL. ENGINE RUN WAS CONDUCTED, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.

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