Service difficulty report · Igniter · Boeing 7472D3B

Difficulty date
March 16, 2003
Submitted
March 19, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D3B
Aircraft serial
21251
Aircraft time
82,766 hours, 18,184 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2
Engine time
75,460 hours, 13,577 cycles
Part
Igniter
Part number
CH31843
Part serial
NONE
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
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

RETURN TO BLOCKS DUE TO NR 4 ENG FAILED TO START. REPLACED BOTH IGNITER PLUGS TESTED OK. DEFECTED IGNITER PLUG NR 2 POS NR 1 SYS PREV DEFERRED.

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