SDR Y2PA96053

Service difficulty report · Burner Can · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
July 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N196US
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47155
Engine
Pwa JT8D7B
Part
Burner Can
Part number
500195802
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
1,715 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

YIP - FLT 17790 - NR 2 ENGINE TAKES 5 SECONDS LONGER THAN NR 1 ENGINE TO SPOOL UP AND RUNS 50 DEGREES HOTTER THAN NR 1 ENGINE. ALL READINGS WITHIN LIMITS; HOWEVER, ENGINE CONDITION MONITORING SHOW ERRATIC EGT INDICATIONS. PERFORMED BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF NR 2 ENGINE. FOUND NR 6 AND NR 7 BURNER CANS SHIFTED APPROXIMATELY .0625 INCH. FOUND NR 8 BURNER CAN SHIFTED APPROXIMATELY .0625 OF AN INCH, AND DISCOVERED A 7 INCH CRACK AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE WELD, ADJACENT TO THE FUEL NOZZLE AREA. ENGINE REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT OF BURNER CANS, AND DETAILED INSPECTION OF HOT SECTION. PART TOTAL CYCLES: 1,115.(X)

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