Service difficulty report · Bullet · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 30, 2017
Submitted
April 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N883GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49710
Aircraft time
58,653 hours, 33,225 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Bullet
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, THE LT ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER, CLIMB RATE WAS ABOUT 500 FPM. EMERGENCY DECLARED. R & R ENGINE NOSE BULLET AND PT2 FLEX LINE IN PYLON. (ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DATE: 03-31-2017)

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