SDR SRAA129502

Service difficulty report · Valve Housing · Lkheed 382E

Difficulty date
December 8, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N923SJ
Make and model
Lkheed 382E
Aircraft serial
4301
Part
Valve Housing
Part number
7143253
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 3 Prop
Component
Hamstd · 54H60117
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT MAD08 TO MHZ, NR 3 ENGINE RPM DECAYED TO 97 PERCENT AND TORQUE WAS 5,000-10,000 INCHES/POUNDS AT FLIGHT IDLE (DEPENDING ON ALTITUDE), SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND LANDED SAFELY AT MHZ. REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE PROP VALVE HOUSING, PROP RIGGED AND PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP, OPS CHECKED GOOD PER MM CHAPTER 61. (X)