CABLE FROM (Sanitized) TO PRIORITY (Sanitized) INFO (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00836R000100040032-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: July 1, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS BE TAKEN TO CLEAN UP
THE ENGINE SITUATION:
A. ALL ENGINE RECORDS BE REVIEWED AND ANY ENGINE WITH A
TURBINE HISTORY INDICATING REMOVAL FOR OVERHAUL DUE TO OVE
BE WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE UNLESS RECORDS INDICATE T R
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REPLACEMENT. (FYI TURBINE HISTORY RECORD FOR TURBINE DISC
TURBINE DISCS ONE AND TWO HAD BEEN SUBJECTED 611434 SHOWS
-F-116 INSTALLATION) TO OVERTEMP IN
$. INSPECT ALL ENGINES FOR SHINGLING ON POST FLIGHT.
INSP TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ENTERING TAIL PIPE. A LOCALLY
,MANUFACTURED CONTOUR BOARD SHOULD BE PLACED IN TAIL PIPE
TO PREVENT DAMAGE AND DISTRIBUTE WEIGHT. THIS REQT TO BE
'RE-EVALUATED SUBSEQUENT TO INSTALLATION OF NEW NO I DISCS
G. P- ?
17 ENGINE CONVERSIONS NOT SE FLOWN ON OVER-FLIGHTS
REPRODtlG'tIAN By OTHER ~....
-' N THE ISSUING 4FI~'ICE IS PROIBITED.
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UNTIL NO I DISCS HAVE BEEN REPLACED OR POSITIVELY
CONFIRMS FAILURE IN 611434 DUE TO SHINGLING.
D. REPLACE PRESENT THREE POSITION FUEL CONTROL SELECT
SWITCH WITH TWO POSITION TO HELP PRECLUDE INADVERTANT SELECTION
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CONFIRMS THIS WOULD REDUCE RISK OF POSSIBLE OVERTEMPERATURE
DURING START.
F. DELETE REQUIREMENT FOR FULL POWER TAKE-OFFS FROM -6
TEST FLIGHT PROCEDURES.
G. LIMIT ALL TAKE-OFFS TO GATE POWER.
2. FOR HQ RECOMMEND IMMEDIATE ADOPTION OF THESE PROCEDURES
AND RELEASE OF ACFT FOR FLIGHT. REF PARA ID, THIS IS A
"MURPHY" ITEM AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REQUIREMENT FOR
RELEASE OF AIRCRAFT.
3. A NO I DISC REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SHULD BE ESTABLISHED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH PRIORITY GIVEN ENGINES IN THE
FOLLOWING ORDER t
A. ENGINES WITH TURBINE DISC HISTORIES OF OVERTEMP.
B. P-I7 ENG CONVERSIONS
C. P-19W ENG CONVERSIONS
D. P-2 ENG CONVERSIONS
OF EMERGENCY POSITION ON START.
E. INCREASE MINIMUM START RPM TO 16 PERCENT IF
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REVIEW BY HQTS.
T 0 P S E C R E T TORt '010626Z JUL 66
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