SDR SCNA97340

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 727259

Difficulty date: October 9, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N289SC
Make and model: Boeing 727259
Aircraft serial: 22475
System (JASC): 7603 · Power Lever
Part: Bolt
Condition: Missing
Location: Nr 2 Throttle
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: E

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, COULD NOT ADVANCE NUMBER 2 ENGINE THROTTLE PAST 85 PERCENT N1. AT TOP OF CLIMB, N1 WAS AT 99 PERCENT AND COULD NOT PULL BACK POWER. SHUT DOWN ENGINE FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. FOUND FUEL CONTROL ROD FOR THROTTLE, FORWARD END, MISSING BOLT. INSTALLED NEW BOLT AND NUT, RAN AND RIGGED ENGINE PER B727 MM 71-00-97, OPS CHECKED GOOD.