Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 7272F9

Difficulty date
November 11, 2008
Submitted
November 12, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N199AJ
Make and model
Boeing 7272F9
Aircraft serial
21426
Aircraft time
64,007 hours, 43,906 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17A
Engine time
48,232 hours, 25,978 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
3910201001
Part serial
4795
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON DESCENT IN SDQ OIL QUANTITY GAUGE NR 3 BLED SLOWLY DOWN TO ZERO QUANTITY. OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE NORMAL BUT WERE VERY LIGHT SO A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS DONE. A NORMAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED. AFTER LANDING OIL QUANTITY CHECKED FULL. ENGINE WINDMILL TIME 20 MINUTES AT 22 PSI OIL PRESSURE. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE MAIN OIL FILTER AND CHIP DETECTORS, NO METAL FOUND. REPLACED OIL QUANTITY TRANSMITTER OPERATED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE TEMPERATURE AND QUANTITY INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL.

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