Service difficulty report · Engine · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 22, 2016
Submitted
March 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53275
Aircraft time
43,919 hours, 37,820 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Engine
Condition
Overspeed
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH AT 6000 MSL, AUTO-THROTTLE COMMANDED FULL POWER & DISCONNECTED, RESULTING IN BOTH ENGS OVER SPEED. AIRSPEED WAS 170 KTAS EPR 2.10-2.12 N1 APROX 105% & FLASHING LESS THAN ONE SECOND.

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