Service difficulty report · Control Tube · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 5, 2011
Submitted
May 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45991
Aircraft time
103,496 hours, 33,831 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM562C1
Engine time
41,991 hours, 18,036 cycles
Part
Control Tube
Condition
Dirty
Location
Engine
Part time
41,991 hours, 18,036 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370, THE NR 2 ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK FROM 94 PERCENT TO 87 PERCENT WITH A CORRESPONDING DROP IN EGT AND N2. THE PMC FOR NR 2 ENGINE WAS SWITCH OFF AND NR 2 ENG ROLLED DOWN MORE TO 50 PERCENT N1 AND 400 DEGREE EGT. THE CREW SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENGINE IAW QRH PAGE 2. IN ADDITION THE THROTTLE DID NOT MOVE PRIOR TO POWER LOSS, THERE WAS NO AUDIBLE ENGINE STALL, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE NR 2 GENERATOR DID GO OFF LINE, ENGINE IGNITION WAS NOT ON. THEY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX ACCOMPLISHED TROUBLESHOOTING FAULT 51 AND FOUND CDP TUBES WEEP HOLES DIRTY. THEY CLEANED CDP TUBES AND CHANGED MAIN FUEL FILTERS. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 71-00-00, ERH 70.01 AND GMM 3.124. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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