Service difficulty report · Moisture Trap · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 28, 2016
Submitted
March 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53366
Aircraft time
45,484 hours, 38,117 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Moisture Trap
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT ENG SLOW TO SPOOL ON TAKEOFF & INFLIGHT RT ENG LAGS. 7 - 10 SECONDS BEHIND RT ON TAKEOFF. IN AIR LAGS ENOUGH TO CREATE YAW BY LT ENG SPOOLING UP FASTER. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING FOR SLOW ACCELERATION IAW AMM 72-00-04. FOUND FWD MOISTURE TRAP IMPROPERLY SAFETIED & VISUAL MOISTURE UPON REMOVAL IAW MM 73-20-03. REINSTALLED & PROPERLY SAFETIED. LUBED BELLOWS ON FCU. CHECKED OPERATION OF BLEED VLVS. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 71-00-00 PARA 10. PERFORMED ACCELERATION CHECK GOOD 5 SEC IAW AMM 71-00-00 PARA 17, M739 ACCOMPLISHED.

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