Service difficulty report · Shaft · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
August 9, 2000
Submitted
September 8, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365PA
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
20628
Aircraft time
64,411 hours, 43,302 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Engine time
66,327 hours, 51,914 cycles
Part
Shaft
Condition
Sheared
Location
Fuel Pump
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

THE NR 3 ENGINE FAILED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. ON RETURN TO PIT, THE NR 1 TIRE BLEW. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL PUMP FILTER. THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE NR 1 AND NR 2 TIRES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED DUE TO THE NR 1 TIRE BLOW OUT AND THE NR 3 AND NR 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE RELEASE OF THEIR THERMAL PLUGS. FCU PART NUMBER OFF: 743206-3, SERIAL NUMBER OFF: 64329.