SDR MZZA9517

Service difficulty report · Gasket · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
March 31, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N69741
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
22250
Part
Gasket
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GUM - FLT 917 - APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES OUT OF SAIPAN, FLT 917, ACFT 741, CREW REPORTED STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET. THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE AND LIGHT WENT OUT. ABNORMAL CHECKLIST WAS RUN (ENGINE BLEEDS OFF AND POWER WAS RESTORED TO NR 1 ENGINE). ACFT WAS AIR DIVERTED TO GUAM. MAINTENANCE, IN TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND HEAT EXCHANGE MANIFOLD WITH A BAD GASKET. INSTALLED NEW GASKETS, RAN ENGINE AT HIGH POWER, NO LEAKS FOUND. NR 1 STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ACFT CHECK FOR SERVICE. (X)