Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Boeing 747249F

Difficulty date
August 28, 2002
Submitted
September 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806FT
Make and model
Boeing 747249F
Aircraft serial
21827
Aircraft time
66,563 hours, 17,078 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7Q
Engine time
50,661 hours, 11,213 cycles
Part
Gearbox
Part number
NONE
Part serial
NONE
Condition
Failed
Location
#1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J, F
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER T/O, #1 ENG. LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 10psi & WAS STEADY; OIL QTY SHOWED FULL & WAS STEADY. PERFORMED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE PROCEDURE IAW AFM. COULD NOT RESTORE ENG. OIL PRESSURE OR EXTINGUISH LIGHT, THEREFORE A PRECAUTIONARY ENG. SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED IAW AFM. AFTER SHUTDOWN, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO & OIL TEMP ROSE TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE GREEN BAND. FLT RETURNED TO CAI WHERE ENG. PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY GEARBOX FAILURE. IT HAD BEGUN TO DISINTEGRATE INTERNALLY REQUIRING AN ENGINE CHANGE.