Service difficulty report · Sense Line · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
November 8, 2006
Submitted
December 5, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N104HR
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
21525
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Part
Sense Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE REPR/N1/N2/FUEL FLOW BEGAN FLUXUATING THEN ROLLED BACK AND FAILED. PERFORMED DRIFT DOWN AND RAN ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURES. ELECTED TO PERFORM RESTART PROCEDURE WITH OIL QTY. TEMP, PRESSURE NORMAL. ENGINE SUCCESSFULLY RESTRATED AND PERFORMED NORMALLY THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. PERFORMED ENGINE FLAMEOUT TROUBLESHOOTING IAW MM. BLEW OUT PS4 SENSE LINE IAW STEP 6 OF TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE. CHECKED MAIN ENGINE FUEL FILTER FOR WATER AND CONTAMINATES, FOUND CLEAN. CHECKED ENG FUEL PUMP AT T/O POWER WITH BOOST PUMPS (OFF). ENGINE RUN WAS NORMAL. PERFORMED BOROSCOPE CONDITION CHECK NORMAL, MOST PROBABLE SUSPECT WAS WATER IN PS4 SENSE LINE CAUSING FLUXUATING CONDITION. (K)