- Difficulty date
- December 20, 2014
- Submitted
- December 22, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N598AJ
- Make and model
- Boeing 727212
- Aircraft serial
- 21947
- Aircraft time
- 66,237 hours, 43,069 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D17A
- Engine time
- 52,852 hours, 56,316 cycles
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Nr 3
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, X
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
ENGINE NR 3 HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL & A FLAMEOUT AT FL320. METAL FOUND IN TAIL PIPE.