SDR GTIA050038

Service difficulty report · Line · Doug DC981

Difficulty date
February 23, 2005
Submitted
April 11, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N811NK
Make and model
Doug DC981
Aircraft serial
48017
Engine
Pwa JT8D217C
Part
Line
Condition
Broken
Location
Epr
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENGINE INDICATIONS DO NOT MATCH OBSERVED ENGINE PERFORMANCE WHEN OPERATING AT T/O POWER AND CRUISE, NR1 EPR IS BELOW EXPECTED. AIRCRAFT TAIL SWAP WITH 833. T/S NR 1 ENGINE AND FOUND NO LEAKS, PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE ON NR 2 ENGINE PT2 AND PT7 LINES, CHECKED OKAY, BLEW OUT PT2 PORT FOR OBSTRUCTION, NONE FOUND. NR 2 ENGINE READING LOW DUE TO A BROKEN PT2 FLEX LINE ON THE EPR TRANSMITTER, REMOVED AND REPLACED EPR TRANSMITTER. OPS CHECK AND ENGINE RUN-UP NORMAL. (K)

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