Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 24, 2014
Submitted
June 2, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48499
Aircraft time
74,405 hours, 16,551 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2D1F
Engine time
54,021 hours, 12,724 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 3
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

WHILE LEVEL AT FL370, RECEIVE A LEVEL 2, NR 3 ENGINE OIL FILTER ALERT. COMPLIED WITH QRH DIRECTIVE & SHUTDOWN NR 3 ENGINE. ALL OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. REMOVED MAIN CHIP DETECTOR & FOUND LARGE QTY OF LARGE METAL PARTICLES. REMOVED OIL FILTER & FOUND NO VISIBLE PARTICLES. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE IAW 71T0003 AND 71T0903. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN PER JRH. GROUND OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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